ISLAMABAD: Nawaz Sharif, the leader of the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N), was cleared by the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) on Wednesday over the Toshakhana vehicle reference.
In its findings, the anti-graft commission asked an accountability court in Islamabad to find the former premier not guilty. The PML-N leader’s inclusion in the probe was mandated by the court to NAB.
The watchdog said in its report presented before the court today that Nawaz Sharif might be cleared of any wrongdoing in relation to the Toshakhana issue. It emphasized that the car in question was not part of the Toshakhana when the former prime minister purchased it.
The anti-corruption body’s conclusions state that in 1997, Nawaz, the prime minister at the time, received an automobile as a gift from the Saudi government, which he kept at Toshakhana.
The report stated that Yusuf Raza Gilani, the then-premier, made an offer to purchase the identical car for the PML-N supremo later in 2008.
Consequently, the study stated that Nawaz purchased the car from the federal transport pool rather than the Toshakhana and that no fraudulent bank account was used to make the transaction.
