The information minister alleged that if there was one family that had marked the beginning of modern-day corruption in Pakistan, it was the Sharif family. The Sharifs introduced the Economic Reform Act in 1992 to keep the source of capital hidden, claimed Fawad, adding former finance minister Ishaq Dar introduced money laundering in the country. He claimed when probed more it was revealed that Ishaq Dar was hired to launder money, who introduced a novel method to transfer money — fake accounts. Then president Pervez Musharraf’s investigation could not continue and the Sharifs were given an NRO,” the information minister continued. He said members of the Sharif family were unable to satisfy the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) regarding the corruption.

Source: Pakistan Today April 14, 2019 15:00 UTC