LONDON: Asset recovery company Broadsheet’s CEO Kaveh Moussavi revealed that his investigations showed that German-Pakistani Anjum Dar had no relation with Nawaz Sharif, adding that he was not sent by the former prime minister in 2012 to offer a bribe of $25 million to end probe against the Sharif family.
After apologizing to Nawaz, Moussavi further revealed that Broadsheet’s investigation has now established that the person who claimed to be a nephew of Nawaz was lying and had no links with the PML-N supremo.
However, it is confirmed that Dar had met the Broadsheet CEO once in Germany and twice in London offering to get the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) to settle the company’s full claim of around $500 million at the time in exchange for a commission of around $25 million.
Speaking about Dar and withdrawing his claim, Moussavi said: “He (Anjum Dar) was nothing of that sort. He was a hassler. He lied that Nawaz would offer us money if we settle the case, end the investigation and go away. He was a complete liar. He was a hassler who was here to work both ends of the street.”
Moussavi said that he was aware that he will be threatened and there will be consequences for apologising to Nawaz and withdrawing all corruption allegations. However, he believes that it was his “moral duty” to disclose facts in full that Nawaz was not involved in corruption, Geo News reported.
“I owe it to the people of Pakistan to tell what the truth is and this will cost me a lot,” said the Broadsheet CEO.
Last year in January, a tsunami erupted on Pakistan’s political scene when, soon after winning around $30 million from Pakistan, Moussavi had made headlines with the claim that a Pakistani named Anjum Dar had met him once in Germany and twice in London offering $25 million to stop investigating Nawaz.
Anjum Dar had rejected the claim that he offered a $25 million bribe to Moussavi on behalf of Nawaz but he did confirm he was looking for commission and bragged up his credentials as someone close to the former prime minister’s family to impress the Broadsheet CEO.
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