Statem­ent names former chairm­an FBR Abdull­ah Yousaf as one of the person­s with offsho­re compan­iesNational Accountability Bureau (NAB) Chairman Justice (retd) Javed Iqbal has reviewed preliminary inquiry report of 435 offshore companies owned by Pakistanis in Panama and British Virgin Islands. The accountability bureau has been directed to get details including reasons of establishing offshore companies and their sources of income, money trail from the owners of the offshore companies of other Pakistanis at the earliest. The NAB chairman has also directed officers to inquire whether the offshore companies were established with money transferred abroad through banking channels or money laundering. The statement also named former chairman FBR Abdullah Yousaf as one of the persons with offshore companies. The Supreme Court later heard petitions of Imran Khan, Sheikh Rashid and Sirajul Haq to disqualify then premier Nawaz Sharif, whose children also owned offshore businesses.

Source: The Express Tribune January 18, 2018 12:33 UTC