Do not own business in India, says Sharif’s family

Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s family has refuted as allegations by Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf chief Imran Khan that they own properties and businesses in India as “baseless”.

The Sharif family’s spokesperson said that the prime minister’s kin did not own and run any business in India.

“Imran Khan should not misguide the nation by propaganda,” said the spokesman.

He said that Imran should be “ashamed” of spreading baseless allegations and lies.

“Imran Khan has time and again claimed that the Sharif family has businesses in India, although the allegations have always been denied by the latter as baseless,” he said.

In September, Pakistani politician Tahirul Qadri had also pointed out ties between the Indian workers and the Sharif family which were later refuted by the Managing Director Sharif Group of Industries.

Yousaf Abbas Sharif had also said that not a single Indian was working in Sharif family sugar mill. Earlier this year, Prime Minister’s son Hussain Nawaz denied links to any business partnership in India.

Hussain had said that his family neither owned any commercial business in India, nor were they involved in a business partnership with any Indian industrialist anywhere in the world.

In 2015, Imran had claimed that Sharif has earned USD 60 million from his business with India including setting up of two new sugar mills.