Islamabad : Pakistan’s ousted prime minister Nawaz Sharif on Thursday sent a legal notice to the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) chairman Justice (retd) Javed Iqbal for issuing a statement that accused him of laundering $4.9 billion to India.
The notice was in reference to a NAB press release issued after a news item published by a local newspaper incorrectly referenced the World Bank’s 2016 Migration and Remittance Book to say that India’s foreign exchange reserves increased by $ 4.9 billion due to huge cash inflows from Pakistan attributable to money laundering by the Sharif family, Dawn reported, reports PTI. Meanwhile, an angry Sharif warned that those who dragged his daughter Maryam to Pakistan’s anti-corruption court in the Panama papers case will bear the consequences of their actions. Three corruption cases were launched last year against the deposed Sharif and family on their posh properties in London which were allegedly bought in 1990s when he served as premier.