What a stupid thread already British Govt whose Tax payer money was used has said its false claim but we have Internet Warriors debating over shitty news ,Grow up
What Britain provided as aid was for particular project. Its costing was provided by Pakistanis under the Sharif government. So the DFID provided the money according to what project cost was. The project cost would be 12 million pounds for example but actual money spent on ground would have been 10 million pounds. So somebody was stealing that extra money without the knowledge of auditors. This kind of corruption does take place and people who are in this business are quite astute at swindling money.
The person who was wiring money from Birmingham. Was he doing anything wrong? For fear of money laundering, these money changers are kept under tight scrutiny. He was audited every three months. If you ask HMRC today, they would say the similar thing DFID is saying.
Its a tabloid, fine. If Noonis have such a pain that this is false story, Britain is not a country where you can find journalists you can buy or judges you can threaten. Libel laws are extremely effective. No newspaper will this stupid to publish a report and open itself to legal action.
Part of the report also has Pakistan connection and both the person disbursing equivalent funds to families who sent remittance in Pakistan and the person wiring funds from UK are in custody and confessed to what they were doing. The irony is that the people for who they were stealing money are seeking asylum in UK. It was UK funds they stole, built their empires from it and when their henchmen were caught, fearing arrest they sought asylum in UK!
If Sharif family is truthful, it must turn up to authorities and answer all their questions. This is what is expected from honest people and Sharifs claim they are honest. Shehbaz does not go to NAB after being called and he threatens them. His son and son in law, who were stealing UK money are both in UK. So if they are upright they should nt be hiding.
By the way, they will never sue the paper.