*ISLAMABAD – PML-N President and former Punjab chief minister ShehbazSharif has filed a defamation against The Mail on Sunday, a British tabloidand sister paper of the Daily Mail, for accusing him of misappropriating UKaid funds. *
The article accused him and his family of misappropriating UK governmentfunds meant for flood and earthquake survivours during his tenure as Punjabchief minister. His case will be fought by British law firm Carter-Ruck.
If there was any truth to these allegations a case would have been lodgedand I would have been arrested, he said, rebutting the accusations. Shehbazsaid he will prove his innocence in British courts. He has also accused thePTI-led government of being behind the article and accusations.
The matter has been raised by a UK MP in parliament as well. Theparliamentarian said that the UK needs to take measures to see how Pakistanhas spent the aid it has been receiving.
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On July 15, Special Assistant to Prime Minister on Accountability ShehzadAkbar brought forth what he called “proof” of alleged embezzlement ofmillions of pounds of UK aid by Shehbaz and his family.
