Jahangir Tareen has given documentary proof of no loan write-offs: Imran Khan
April 27, 2016
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) chief Imran Khan took to Twitter on Wednesday to clear the air over accusations that his party’s main man Jahangir Tareen had loans worth millions of rupees written off.
“JKT has given documentary proof of no loan write-offs [and] will be seeking legal action against those hurling false accusations against him,” Khan said.
The PTI chief termed accusations on his party’s main man as a “typical Sharif strategy”, saying that “when their wrongdoings [are] exposed, they target political opponents through innuendos [and] blackmail”.
Khan’s PTI and the ruling Pakistan Muslim League – Nawaz (PML-N) are at the crossroads since May 2013 General Elections, where the Nawaz Sharif-led party came out victorious with a defining margin and the PTI took to streets against what they called as “massively rigged elections in the country’s history”.
“Instead of clarifying their position [and] contradictions on off shore [accounts, properties], Sharifs using government machinery to blackmail political opponents,” Khan said.
“PML-N is the government [and] if they have evidence of wrongdoing against any one they should probe [and] prosecute not blackmail opponents,” he added.
JKT has given documentary proof of no loan write offs & will be seeking legal action against those hurling false accusations against him.
— Imran Khan (@ImranKhanPTI) April 27, 2016
Typical Sharif strategy: when their wrongdoings exposed, they target political opponents through innuendos & blackmail.
— Imran Khan (@ImranKhanPTI) April 27, 2016
Instead of clarifying their position & contradictions on off shore accts/properties, Sharifs using govt machinery to blackmail pol opponents
— Imran Khan (@ImranKhanPTI) April 27, 2016
PMLN is the govt & if they have evidence of wrongdoing against any one they should probe & prosecute not blackmail opponents.
— Imran Khan (@ImranKhanPTI) April 27, 2016
Khan, Pakistan’s cricket hero turned politician, accused the prime minister for diverting attention over Panama Papers — an unprecedented leak of 11.5 million files from an offshore law firm Mossack Fonseca.
“Sharif government has launched a massive media campaign on ‘development’ at tax payer expense…Sharifs development is always at tax payer expense [and] more on media, especially TV ads, than on the ground,” the PTI supremo said.
“Whenever Sharifs come to power the only [development] that takes place is in their bank accounts, businesses [and] nation’s human development plummets.”
To divert attention from Panama Leaks, Sharif govt has launched a massive media campaign on "development" at tax payer expense. 1/3
— Imran Khan (@ImranKhanPTI) April 27, 2016
2/3 Sharifs development is always at tax payer expense & more on media, especially TV ads, than on the ground.
— Imran Khan (@ImranKhanPTI) April 27, 2016
3/3 Whenever Sharifs come to power the only dev that takes place is in their bank accounts/ businesses & nation's human development plummets
— Imran Khan (@ImranKhanPTI) April 27, 2016
Leaked confidential documents spanning over nearly 40 years that spell out the extensive use of tax havens by politicians, world leaders, and celebrities to launder money and evade taxes through one of the most secretive companies the Panamaian law firm Mossack Fonseca, has taken the world by storm.
Many Pakistanis have also been named in their revelations.
The documents identify many Pakistani business tycoons and politicians including late two-time Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto as well certain members of the ruling Sharif family (excluding PM Nawaz Sharif and his brother Chief Minister of Punjab Shahbaz Sharif) to have use tax havens to hide their wealth.
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