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NAB says it has arrested 'suspects who laundered money for Shahbaz Sharif's family'
[DAWN] The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) Lahore on Tuesday said that it has placed in durance vileDrop the rosco, Muggsy, or you're one with the ages! a suspect who allegedly made illegal telegraphic transfers (TTs) for the family of PML-N President Shahbaz Sharif  ...Pak dynastic politician, brother of PM Nawaz Sharif, chief minister of Punjab...‐ a development it deemed "pivotal" in the money laundering and assets-beyond-known-means-of-income probes. The corruption watchdog's Lahore chapter, in a blurb, stated that the suspect named Aftab Mehmood was arrested on the basis of "important evidence" provided by another suspect, identified as Shahid Shafiq, who was himself detained two days ago. "Both the detained suspects are cousins and had been illegally transferring funds into the Sharif family's accounts through mutual coordination," the bureau said. NAB Lahore alleged that "Mehmood, through a foreign currency exchange named Usman International operated simultaneously from London and Birmingham and created bogus TTs for Hamza and Salman Shahbaz as well as others." Posted by: Fred 2019-04-24 |
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