'Sharif’s daughter forged documents with Calibri font'

Islamabad, July 11: The Pamagate Joint Investigation Team (JIT) has accused Prime Minister waz Sharif’s daughter Maryam of presenting fake documents on two 2006 declarations to the probe team using the “Calibri” font which was not commercially available till January 30, 2007. The JIT, which is probing allegations of money laundering against Sharif and his family, said Maryam waz, her brothers Hussain and Hassan waz as well as her husband Captain Mohammad Safdar (retd), had signed false documents to mislead the Supreme Court. The team that probed offshore assets of Sharif family said in its report that Maryam waz claimed herself to be “trustee not the owner” of Avenfield properties in London, which linked her to Minerva Services and Samba Fincial, Geo News reported. It said that the font used in documents submitted by Maryam waz suggested that the 2006 declarations were fake and called it a federal crime, said a report in the Express Tribune. Maryam waz was also accused of accumulating “assets disproportiote and beyond means of known sources of income”, Dawn newspaper reported. The JIT’s report said: “She had been receiving heavy gifts from Rs 73.5 million to Rs 830.73 million within period of 2009-2016.” It said that the “accumulation of Maryam’s assets shows a drastic hike in the early 1990s with no declared source of income”. Soon after the “font” portion of JIT report went viral, Twitterati targetted Maryam waz in a hilarious manner.  (IANS)