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January 23, 2021
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan says the PTI government has nothing to do with the Broadsheet issue, as General (R) Pervez Musharraf had signed the contract and later backtracked on it unilaterally by giving an NRO to PML-N leader Nawaz Sharif.
He was talking to a private television channel during his visit to North Waziristan on Wednesday, which was aired Friday night.
Imran said the government had formed a ministerial committee — comprising judges and lawyers — to investigate the case and suggest ways to bring back the looted public money from abroad.
He said the government had to pay $28.7 million in damages to Broadsheet or face daily markup of 5,000 pounds (1100,000 Pak rupees). He also quoted a State Department’s report on annual money laundering of $10 billion, which made $200 billion during last 20 years.