ISLAMABAD - Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) Spokesperson Marriyum Aurangzeb Tuesday said that ‘white collar criminals’ and ‘front men’ of Imran Khan demanded commission from the owner of international asset recovery firm, Broadsheet LLC, Kaveh Moussavi in the Broadsheet case.
Addressing a press conference here, Aurangzeb quoted the owner of international asset recovery firm as having said in an interview that some people from Pakistan met him and asked for commission in the Broadsheet case. She said David Rose arranged a meeting between SAPM Shahzad Akbar and Kaveh Moussavi and asked Broadsheet to pay him a commission of £250,000 to settle his outstanding mortgage at his home. She said Daily Mail journalist David Rose acted on behalf of Shahzad Akbar and arranged the meeting in 2019. “Were the front man of Imran Khan, Shahzad Akbar and latter’s front man David Rose authorized by the government of Pakistan to negotiate with Moussavi for a lesser fine. Was Shahzad Akbar was given responsibility from the government of Pakistan that he met with Moussavi secretly and negotiated for lesser amount. No! He was asked [by Imran Khan] to meet Moussavi and demand commission,” claimed the PML-N Spokesperson. She said ‘front man’ of PM Imran Khan, Shahzad Akbar has now been acting as Chairman NAB also. “Was David a tout who was arranging the meeting? According to Moussavi, David was asking for 2.5 lac pounds as commission,” she said. “You didn’t act on the advice of government of Pakistan? No. you asked for the commission as a front man and tout of Imran Khan,” she alleged. She alleged that David Rose was used to run a story against Mian Shehbaz Sharif.
The PML-N spokesperson further claimed that PTI government was being run through touts and ATMs. She said the SAPM himself confessed having met with Moussavi. She said that British firm Broadsheet has brought great shame to what she termed the National Accountability Bureau (NAB)-Niazi nexus. She said Shahzad Akbar used to malign every political opponent in the country. She alleged that the people around PM Khan minted money through creating crisis and added the government constituted inquiry commissions just to push the matter under the carpet. She demanded to make the phone data of PM Imran Khan, Shahzad Akbar, David Rose and Kaveh Moussavi public and demanded they must be taken to the task.