Pakistan Tehreek e Insaf (PTI) Vice President and the leader of parliamentary party on Sindh Assembly HaleemAdil Sheikh has said that the looted money would be recovered from the thieves exposed by the Panama Leaks and Broadsheet. Talking to media outside the Sindh Assembly here Thursday, he said that Broadsheet LLC, a UK company, registered in the Isle of Man in the Pervez Musharraf era, helped the then government and newly established National Accountability Bureau (NAB) in tracking down foreign assets purchased by Pakistanis through alleged ill-gotten wealth. He said Broadsheet claims that it was established to enter into an Asset Recovery Agreement dated June 20, 2000, and did so with the then president of Pakistan, through the NAB chairman, for the purposes of recovering funds and other assets fraudulently taken from the state and other institutions, including through corrupt practices, and held outside of Pakistan. Haleem said Broadsheet maintains that it was created to be a company specializing in the recovery of assets and funds, and was therefore engaged to trace, locate and transfer such items back to the state. He said, a lawyer associated with the company earlier told media that the Sharifs were the “top target” of the Broadsheet investigation. Its contract was terminated in 2003 by NAB. Earlier this week, the controversy took another turn after the firm’s owner alleged that a person who claimed to be associated with Nawaz approached him in 2012 and offered a sum of money to drop the probe against him.
