Special Assistant on Accountability Shahzad Akbar has said the PML (N) President Shahbaz Sharif has failed to respond to any allegations of corruption against him and his family members.

Flanked by Minister for Communications Murad Saeed, he was addressing a news conference in Islamabad today (Thursday).

He said the assets of Shahbaz Sharif and his family members increased manifold during the ten year tenure of PML (N) government in Punjab. This has been revealed in the NAB investigations started in 2018.

He said the assets of Shahbaz Sharif increased by seventy percent and that of his son Salman Shahbaz Sharif by eight thousand times.

Shahzad Akbar said the investigations further disclosed the stories of over two hundred fake and fictitious telegraphic transfers (TTs). This amount was used by Shahbaz Sharif to build an empire of thirty two to thirty five companies.  He said the names of innocent people were also used in the TTs.

Shahzad Akbar said revealations are emerging regarding their corruption on daily basis.

The Special Assistant on Accountability said Pakistan has secured repatriation of one hundred and ninety million pounds from Britain after a settlement with a Pakistani business tycoon. It is the first time that the repatriation of such an amount took place which is civil in nature and no element of guilt is involved in it. He thanked the British government for extending cooperation on the matter.

(Zahid/Abdul Rehman)