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NAB arrests another Sharif family employee in money laundering case
[DAWN] An accountability court on Saturday remanded in the National Accountability Bureau's (NAB) custody another suspect in a case against members of the Sharif family pertaining to alleged money launderingThe accountability watchdog today arrested the suspect, Rashid Karamat, an employee of Hamza Shehbaz Sharif since 2007, for allegedly holding a benami company to facilitate several members of the Sharif family.The prosecution alleged that the suspect, an employee of Sharif Group of Companies, represented himself as the owner of the company ‐ M/s Nisar Trading Concern. It added that the company was established with the funds of the accused nominated in the case, including PML-N President Shehbaz Sharif and his sons Hamza and SLearned Elders of Islamn, who also benefited from it. Related: Shehbaz Sharif: 2019-09-05 Hamza Shahbaz sent to jail on 14-day judicial remand Shehbaz Sharif: 2019-08-20 Opposition parties hold multi-party conference on Maulana Fazlur Rehman's call Shehbaz Sharif: 2019-07-17 Opposition leaders lavished billions on themselves under security, camp office expenses: Murad Saeed Posted by: Fred 2019-12-15 |
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