- Title: Pakistan PM's family rejects findings in corruption probe
- Date: 11th July 2017
- Summary: ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN (JULY 10, 2017) (ORIGINALLY 4:3) (REUTERS) DEFENCE MINISTER, KHAWAJA ASIF, WITH OTHER MINISTERS HOLDING NEWS CONFERENCE ASIF TALKING (SOUNDBITE) (Urdu) DEFENCE MINISTER, KHAWAJA ASIF, SAYING: "This is a political war, not a legal war. We will fight this battle in the Supreme Court. There should not be any doubt about it. We will demolish every allegation one by one. We will exercise all legal options available with us. This is not the end of the story; the story has begun now." END OF NEWS CONFERENCE
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- Keywords: Pakistan Prime Minister corruption probe family rejects
- Location: ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN/ INTERNET
- City: ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN/ INTERNET
- Country: Pakistan
- Topics: Crime/Law/Justice,Judicial Process/Court Cases/Court Decisions
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Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif was fighting for his political future on Tuesday (July 11) after judicial investigators ruled his family had accumulated unusual wealth, with his allies denouncing the findings and vowing he would clear his name.
A Joint Investigation Team (JIT), set up by the Supreme Court to investigate corruption allegations that surfaced following the Panama Papers leak, spent two months looking into the family's wealth and gave its finding to the court on Monday (July 10).
In their report, which has been leaked to media, the team alleges Sharif's family accumulated wealth far above its earnings, and says his children, including heir-apparent Maryam Sharif, signed falsified documents designed to mask the truth. Sharif's allies dismissed all the allegations against him and the report.
Opposition leader Imran Khan said Sharif had "lost all moral authority" and must resign immediately. - Copyright Holder: REUTERS
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