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Nawaz, Maryam face another corruption reference
[DAWN] A new case of corruption related to Chaudhry Sugar Mills (CSM) against former prime minister Nawaz Sharif ... served two non-consecutive terms as prime minister, heads the Pakistain Moslem League (Nawaz). Noted for his spectacular corruption, the 1998 Pak nuclear test, border war with India, and for being tossed by General Musharraf, then by the courts...and his family members will soon be filed in the accountability court by the National Accountability Bureau. The CSM case, under investigation by the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) for a long time, took a new turn when one of the accused, Nasir Lutha, the former president of the Summit Bank, returned to the country and pleaded his innocence in the case. "The case is at present at the inquiry stage and it will soon become a new reference against the Sharif family," Special Assistant to the Prime Minister (SAPM) on Accountability Shahzad Akbar told a presser on Wednesday. He said that money laundering and fraud had been established in the case and several members of the Sharif family, including Nawaz Sharif and PML-N vice president Maryam Nawaz, were allegedly involved in the case. Related: National Accountability Bureau: 2019-08-06 Arrest warrants for Salman Shahbaz issued National Accountability Bureau: 2019-07-11 NAB arrests Sindh Bank chief, two other officials in fake accounts case National Accountability Bureau: 2019-07-10 Maryam Nawaz summoned over fake trust deed Posted by: Fred 2019-08-09 |
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