The Westminster Magistrates’ Court has ruled that the National Crime Agency’s file into Shahbaz Sharif and Suleman Sharif’s money-laundering investigation can be released to the Assets Recovery Unit (ARU) of Pakistan.
District Judge rules to release the files following an application by the ARU at the Westminster Magistrates’ Court that it needs access to the full file of NCA’s money-laundering case into Shahbaz Sharif for money-laundering and misuse of public office.
Judge rules to release the redacted case file
The judge has ruled that it was reasonable to release the full NCA file but the judge ordered that Sharifs, Zulfikar Ahmed, and NCA had the right to redact parts of the files that carry personal information.
The case file will be released once Sharifs’ lawyer and the NCA have agreed on the redactions.
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Barrister Zia Nasim also revealed that the NCA was in contact with ARU on December 7th 2019 about Shahbaz Sharif and Suleman Sharif’s case. He did not release the details of what that contact was in relation to. But significantly it was prior to the NCA’s David Scruton’s meeting with a NAB in London, that the merits of the application were discussed.
Two weeks later the NCA formally applied to freeze the bank accounts of the Shahbaz and Suleman Sharif.
The Pakistani government, led by Imran Khan has been on a purge to fight corruption in Pakistan. His government agency has instructed a legal firm from the UK on a substantial fee arrangement for a significant proportion of the recovered money in this ongoing battle between Imran Khan and the former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and his family.
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