Shahbaz carried out Rs7bn money laundering thru 'paper' company: Akbar

Special Assistant to Prime Minister on Accountability Shahzad Akbar has alleged that former Punjab Chief Minister Shehbaz Sharif conducted Rs 7 billion money laundering though Good Nature Company, a paper company.

Talking to media persons outside the Parliament House on Monday, he while reiterating his call for Shehbaz Sharif to answer 18 questions put by the government, said the PML-N president had illegally appointed his blue-eyed individuals in the Chief Minister Secretariat for money laundering.

He claimed that Shehbaz Sharif had appointed Nisar Gill as Director Political Affairs in CM Secretariat and also obliged him with a promotion from backdate because he was the key figure to launder billions of rupees abroad in connivance with a sophisticated network laid by the Sharif family.

He said Shehbaz Sharif, who claims to have not committed corruption of even a penny, had also inducted his cash boys in a fake company Good Nature Company that had laundered a sum of over Rs 7 billion through 200 fake telegraphic transfers (TTs).

Besides Nisar Gill, Shahbaz Sharif had also appointed Ali Ahmed as his front man as Director Policy CM Punjab for the similar purpose of money laundering on behalf of Shahbaz family.

He alleged that another six to seven companies were also noticed which conducted money laundering for Shairf family.