ISLAMABAD – The CEO of UK-based asset recovery firm Broadsheet LLC, KavehMoussav has claimed of receiving bribe offers from a relative of formerPakistani prime minister Nawaz Sharif to stop a probe into latter Avenfieldapartments in London.
Broadsheet, which was hired by the National Accountability Bureau (NAB)nearly two decades ago to find and recover assets held by Pakistanis in theUK, is recently in headlines after Islamabad paid a hefty amount of $28.7million in the wake of its unpaid bill for its services.
It also remained in discussion after a UK court recently rejected itslitigation to attach the Avenfield apartments.
The firm still seeks $3 million from Pakistan in interests and had tried tocover the amount by gaining possession of London apartments of the PML-Nsupremo on the basis that a Pakistani accountability court had directed thegovernment to impound it.[image: Loading video]
In an interview with a Youtuber Irfan Hashmi, the chief of Broadsheet saidthat a person who introduced himself as a nephew of Nawaz Sharif, hadapproached the firm in 2012 and offered money to stop investigation.
Moussav said that the offer, however, was rejected by saying that thematter will be decided by the court. He remarked, “We don’t negotiate withcrooks”.
Reacting to Nawaz Sharif’s remarks about the London High Court’s decisionin the Broadsheet LLC vs NAB case, he said that ruling did not exoneratethe PML-N leader from the accusations related to Avenefield properties.
The disgraced prime minister in his remarks had said that the Londoncourt’s ruling to not attach the apartments showed that he and his familywere exonerated.
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Thanking God for “justice”, Nawaz Sharif said NAB has wasted an estimated$50 million so far in legal costs and judgment.
The Broadsheet CEO also expressed his willingness to pursue theinvestigation against the apartments, claiming that he has strong evidencein this regard. If Prime Minister Imran Khan decides to continue the probe,the firm will go after the Avenfield apartment.
After the Panama Papers leaks were published, a high-level probe waslaunched into the properties of allegedly owned by Nawaz Sharif’s family,including luxury flats in London and a steel mill in Saudi Arabia.
In July 2017, the former premier was ousted from his office for concealinghis wealth and jailed for corruption in the steel mill case. The case aboutLondon flats was however suspended.
Nawaz Sharif has been denied the corruption charges, besides asserting thatthe cases are politically motivated.
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