Aiming to further escalate their movement against the incumbent government, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf has issued a whitepaper against the Sharif family to expose their corruption.
The 11-page whitepaper elaborates details of their involvement in corrupt practices and lists down the cases the family is involved in.
PTI has highlighted the Panama Papers’ acquisition of the Sharif family owning assets in Saudi Arabia stated that the court had convicted Nawaz Sharif in the case and sentenced him seven years in prison and imposed a Rs1.5 billion and $25 million fine on the former premier.
It further assed that the Sharif family failed to prove the legitimate income and subsequent money trail to establish these illegitimate business entities being public office holder and kept changing his position from Parliament Floor to the Supreme Court of Pakistan and before the investigation authorities of Pakistan.
Mentioning the Avenfield properties, the whitepaper states that the accused persons in this case— Nawaz Sharif, Maryam Nawaz, Hussain Nawaz, Hassan Nawaz and Captain (retd) Safdar— failed to justify the purchase of properties from known legal sources of income and hence were convicted.
It further stated that Nawaz was convicted for ten years sentence and fine of £8 million and also convicted for additional one year against the act of fraud. While Maryam Nawaz was convicted for eight years sentence and fine of £2 million.
“The accused person stands disqualified to context election or hold public office for a period of ten years from date of conviction. The absconding accused Hassan and Hussain Nawaz declared as proclaimed offenders,” the paper added.
In the Flagship Investment Ltd case, the accumulation of assets by the accused Muhammad Nawaz Sharif in the name of his benamidars/abettors Hussain Nawaz and Hassan Nawaz disproportionate to his known legal sources of income.
The accused person was found involved in commission of offences of corruption and corrupt practices.
The document also details asset accumulation and money laundering cases against Shehbaz Sharif.
It stated that the case was under trial in Special Court of NAB in Lahore.
The whitepaper added that while holding office from 2008 to 2018 Shehbaz accumulated assets worth Rs7.328 billion and established benami companies on the name of employees, fake foreign remittances and loans.
In 1990 Shehbaz Sharif declared net assets of Rs2 million which increased to Rs15 million in 1998 and from 2008 to 2018 while being CM Punjab accumulated assets worth Rs7,328 million.
Shehbaz established 13 companies under umbrella of Sharif Group of Companies.
Similarly, in the Tosha Khana case, Syed Yousaf Raza Gilani as the then prime minister in connivance with co-accused person Asif Ali Zardari the then president and Nawaz Sharif, dishonestly relaxed the procedure for the acceptance and disposal of gifts issued instructions to Secretary Cabinet to relax the rules to favour Nawaz Sharif & Asif Zardari. This criminal act enabled Asif Zardari to get three and Mian Nawaz Sharif one vehicle belonging to state of Pakistan including a Mercedes Benz-IDH-78, BMW-750 Li, Toyota Lexus, BMW 760 Li.
The bullet proof vehicles presented by UAE and Libya were state property and the accused through disgraceful and illegal act made vehicles personal property through connivance of the then Prime Minister Syed Yousaf Raza Gilani.
There are other charges of money laundering of over Rs16 billion as defined under AMLA-2010 whereby used benami accounts of low wages employees of their family-owned private business as a vehicle of money laundering.
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif is also accused in the misuse of government funds amounting to Rs213 million in construction of effluent waste drain for Ramzan Sugar Mill.
Shehbaz issued directive as CM to construct drain for Ramzan Sugar Mill spending tax payer’s amount. The nullah was constructed with state exchequer primarily meant to carry waste water of Ramzan Sugar Mill owned by his son Hamza Shehbaz Sharif and others.
The sullage carrier construction was given impression of fulfilling need of local people at large whereas it turned out to be a deceitful and covered plan to give direct support to family owned Ramzan Sugar Mill.
Shehbaz among others is also accused of misuse of authority by making illegal allotment of 3,100 Kanal State land – Ashiana Housing Scheme.
Other cases mentioned in the while paper include substandard horticulture work in Rawalpindi-Islamabad Metro Project.
The scam cost the national exchequer approximately Rs45 million.
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif is also accused of illegal use of prime minister Jet Aircrafts which cost the national exchequer a loss of approximately Rs40 crore.
Two Jet Aircrafts, meant to be used for official purposes by Prime Minister of Pakistan are maintained by Pakistan Air Force and are housed at Noor Khan Airbase were misused by Shehbaz Sharif who was not entitled and authorized as per rules of business.
It caused loss of Rs42 crore whereby he made 39 foreign trips and 515 inland trips between 2014 to 2018. Almost average of nine missions per month were flown purely to facilitate the younger brother by the elder one on expense of state exchequer
The Sharif family is also accused of laundering money through benami accounts approximately Rs25 million illegal amount has been whitened by the Sharif Group in total as revealed in inquiry of Sugar Commission Report.
The whitepaper mentions misuse of authority in changing master plan of Lahore to suite own design of scheme and interest that involved spending Rs800 million.
The Sharif family is also accused of money laundering and unexplained investment in M/S Chaudhary Sugar Mills which amounted to approximately Rs1,080 million
PTI also alleges illegal acquisition of land by Sharif family in and around Raiwind through coercion and exploitation.
Furthermore, the PTI was accused of illegally leasing of petrol pump site and 17 plots based on fake exemption proceedings. As many as 17 plots of Lahore Development Authority were allotted through fake exemption thus causing loss to state exchequer.
Accumulation of assets and living beyond means inquiry of Capt (r) Muhammad Safdar Ex-MNA is under process since 2018 with NAB.
