- Asks Shehbaz to fulfill his promise of sending a legal notice to him
ISLAMABAD, July 28: Special Assistant to Prime Minister on Accountability Mirza Shahzad Akbar on Sunday announced to become party in a case if Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) President Mian Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif serves legal notice to the British newspaper Daily Mail and its journalist David Rose for accusing him of embezzling public funds in a news story published on July 14.
“Where does the claim of Shehbaz Sharif in suing the Daily Mail stand now?” asked Akbar, while addressing a press conference at Press Information Department in Islamabad.
Akbar asserted that Shehbaz Sharif has only filed a complaint with the administration of the newspaper that his point of view was not taken [in the article], and not refuted the news story.
“It was claimed that a legal action would be taken against me in courts of London, whereas I had said, in a news conference, that I would Continued on page 7
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present evidence in the courts of London,” he said, adding that money laundering was done from Britain.
“Ali Imran had turned fugitive, and Rs1 billion has been recovered from Naveed Akram…according to Daily Mail, millions of dollars were laundered from Britain,” he maintained.
The special assistant to the premier on accountability said Ali Imran was sent money directly from a project of Earthquake Reconstruction & Rehabilitation Authority (ERRA).
“If we talk of corruption, then [the opposition] says that the CPEC is endangered,” he added.
He asserted that Shehbaz Sharif would never go to the court [in the matter], and urged him to fulfill his promise of sending a legal notice to him [Shehzad Akbar].
He said Shahbaz Sharif should have gone to British courts as claimed by him. He said the journalist who published the story in Daily Mail still stands by it.
Shahzad Akbar said he will himself present the evidence against Shahbaz Sharif in London courts.
He said that Prime Minister Imran Khan has taken strict notice of handcuffing Irfan Siddiqui, adding that investigations will be held against those who handcuffed aged Irfan Siddiqui. He said that the profession does not matter but it was wrong to handcuff 78 years old person.
He said that the inquiry will also be conducted into the matter that how and why police personnel did this, adding that action should be taken against the responsible after holding inquiry. He said that it is unusual thing that the bail of Irfan Siddiqui has been approved on Sunday. -Sabah
