Islamabad: Pakistan’s National Accountability Bureau (NAB) has ordered an inquiry against former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif for allegedly laundering $ 4.9 billion to India, according to reports in Pakistan media.
Statement by NAB claimed that the amount was laundered to the Indian finance ministry after which Indian foreign exchange reserves witnessed an increase and Pakistan suffered as a result, reported Pakistan’s Geo English.
The NAB ordered the inquiry based on a media report. The report had said that the money laundering incident is mentioned in the World Bank’s Migration and Remittance Book 2016.