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Thursday, May 10, 2012
$32m money laundering case against Sharifs sent to InterpolLONDON: Interior Minister Rehman Malik on Wednesday said the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) has formally taken up a reference against Nawaz Sharif and Shahbaz Sharif, and $32 million money laundering case has been initiated against them.
The interior minister, who is in the United Kingdom as part of Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani’s delegation, told reporters that the FIA had sent a letter to the Interpol for inquiry against the Sharifs.
The two-page letter mentions a judgement of March 18, 1999 of the High Court of Justice, Queens Bench Division that ordered Abbas Sharif and others to pay $32 million to M/S Al Towfeek Company for the Investment Funds Ltd for being personal guarantors for repayment of lease amount on behalf of Hudabiya Papers Mills Ltd. app
Courtesy www.dailytimes.com.pk