Nawaz Sharif to be indicted in offshore companies reference today
The reference is against Nawaz Sharif and his sons Hussain Nawaz and Hassan Nawaz.
ISLAMABAD (Dunya News) - After getting charged in Azizia Steel Mills and Avenfield properties references, ousted prime minister Nawaz Sharif will be indicted by accountability court in Flagship Investment Limited reference today (Friday).
National Accountability Bureau’s (NAB) third reference was ordered against Nawaz Sharif and his sons Hussain Nawaz and Hassan Nawaz regarding a dozen offshore companies in United Kingdom (UK) and United Arab Emirates (UAE).
The companies include Flagship Investments Limited, Hartstone Properties Limited, Que Holdings Limited, Quint Eaton Place 2 Limited, Quint Saloane Limited, Quaint Limited, Flagship Securities Limited, Quint Gloucester Place Limited, Quint Paddington Limited, Flagship Developments Limited, Alanna Services Limited (BVI), Lankin SA (BVI), Chadron Inc, Ansbacher Inc, Coomber Inc, and Capital FZE in Dubai.
Earlier on Thursday, accountability court indicted ex-prime minister Nawaz Sharif, his daughter Maryam Nawaz, and son-in-law Capt (retd) Safdar in the NAB’s Avenfield reference against them while the ex-PM was also charged in Azizia Steel Mills reference afterwards.
The accused pleaded ‘not guilty’ to the charges and termed them as groundless, baseless and unfounded. The lawyer further said that the charges were being framed on a report that is incomplete and controversial.
On the other hand, Nawaz Sharif had announced to return home on October 21, saying that there is no other example of such indictment given during absence.
Former PM declared the Joint Investigation Team (JIT) made to investigate Sharif family‘s London properties as biased.
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