ISLAMABAD – Prime Minister Imran Khan on Wednesday said Broadsheetrevelations have exposed the corruption and money laundering of rulingelites after the Panama Papers’ revelations.
In a series of tweets, he said that these elites cannot hide behind“victimisation” card on these international revelations.
He wrote Panama Papers exposed our ruling elites corruption & moneylaundering earlier. Now Broadsheet revelations have again exposed themassive scale of our ruling elites corruption & money laundering. Theseelites cannot hide behind “victimisation” card on these int revelations,”
In another tweet of the series, he wrote What do these revelations exposerepeatedly? 1. Exactly what I have been saying i.n my 24-y[ea]r fightagainst corruption which is the biggest threat to Pak[istan]’s progress. 2.These elites come to power & plunder the country.
The premier also pointed out that not only is the nation’s wealth stolen bythe elites, but taxpayers’ money paid for recovering this wealth is alsowasted because of NRO-like deals.
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PM Khan said the government wants complete transparency from Broadsheet onelites’ money laundering and on who asked the firm to stop investigations.
These revelations are just the tip of the iceberg, he added.