Malik alleges Nawaz involved in money laundering

ISLAMABAD: Interior Minister Rehman Malik on Saturday alleged that PML-N Chief and former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif was involved in money laundering.

Addressing a news conference here‚ he said proof against Nawaz Sharif would be placed before the Supreme Court and National Accountability Bureau (NAB). Malik said a commission may be formed to investigate the alleged involvement of Nawaz Sharif in money laundering.

He further alleged that Nawaz Sharif made the NRO with former President late Farooq Ahmed Leghari and as a result the elected government of Benazir Bhutto was unconstitutionally dismissed in November 1996.

Malik alleged that Nawaz Sharif was a defaulter of Rs6 billion and made the NRO with Farooq Laghari when investigation was initiated in this regard. He asked the PML-N chief to disclose where he had gotten $32 million from.

Rehman Malik added that Nawaz Sharif made the second NRO with dictator Pervez Musharraf and went abroad after signing an agreement and violated the Charter of Democracy (COD) he signed with Benazir Bhutto in year 2006.

He said he would bring evidences against Nawaz in parliament as well. (Geo Urdu/PPI)