Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif was at the centre of a political storm after three of his children were named in the ‘Panama Papers’ as having “offshore holdings”, prompting the opposition to demand a probe even as his family denied any wrongdoing.
According to the documents, three of Sharif’s four children — Maryam, Hasan and Hussain — “were
owners or had the right to authorise transactions for several companies”.
Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf Chairman Imran Khan demanded that the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) initiate a thorough investigation into the financial holdings of Prime Minister Sharif and his family members.
Amid the furor, Sharif’s son Hussain Nawaz said he had already stated that he owned the offshore companies and he owned many apartments under them.