Otherwise, Shahzad Akbar, who has been addressing press conferences and attending TV talk shows, has not held any press conference for the past several weeks, and rarely appears in talk shows. Shahzad Akbar, the head of the Asset Recovery Unit (ARU), set up in the Prime Minister's Secretariat for the repatriation of $ 200 billion deposited by Pakistanis in banks abroad, is not even picking up the phone. Not even responding to messages.News World Ahmed
When contacted by his staff at the Prime Minister's Secretariat, he said that the barristers had gone out and were busy in meetings. In his absence, chairman FBR Shabar Zaidi has said more than once that it is difficult to bring back the 190 billion dollars of Pakistanis who have been illegally deposited in foreign banks.News World Ahmed
There is no explanation from the barrister that could reveal that the ARU remains justified in such a case as the government has admitted that it cannot bring back billions of dollars of Pakistanis from abroad.News World Ahmed
Barrister Shahzad Akbar is the Special Assistant to the Prime Minister of Imran Khan. Immediately after coming to power, the PTI government set up an ARU that aimed to return assets hidden abroad. The unit includes State Bank, world news trump , NAB, FIA and intelligence agency officials as members.world news trump
In his preliminary press conferences, barrister world news trump Akbar had said that members of the ARU had received details of 10,000 properties in Dubai and the UK. He said that details of half of the 10,000 properties were already known but no action was taken. But now the PTI government has also realized that it cannot withdraw money from foreign countries. Until a few months ago, Shahzad Akbar was actively contacting the NAB to investigate cases against the opposition leaders.
He used to hold frequent press conferences to report the alleged corruption of Sharif and the Zardari family. Shahzad Akbar is said to have made his last press conference in August and issued a charge sheet for alleged money laundering against Chaudhry Sugar Mills against Maryam Nawaz and his cousin Yousuf Abbas. The next day, the NAB arrested Mary and Joseph.News World Ahmed
Shahzad Akbar had alleged that Chaudhry Sugar Mills was a money laundering ground for the Sharif family. He said that in 2008, the shares of the mill were transferred to Maryam Nawaz who later transferred Rs 70 lakh to Yousuf Abbas in 2010. Media records show that many of Shahzad Akbar's last press conferences were held to discuss the alleged corruption of the Sharif family. Asif Zardari's alleged corruption case was also occasionally discussed at press conferences.News World Ahmed
In July, Shahzad Akbar held four press conferences. In all of them he mentioned the Sharif family and their alleged corruption. Looking at the records of the newspapers, in the last few months Shahzad Akbar has rarely talked about the basic purpose of the asset recovery unit.
According to the official claims, the Recovery Unit has so far recovered 530 million rupees which were illegally sent out. A few days ago, FBR chairman Shabir Zaidi said that $ 6.6 billion annually went out of Pakistan during the last 20 years which is 85% of the amount sent legally so they cannot be repaid.News World Ahmed
Shibir Zaidi said that sending money out is still ongoing because wealthy Pakistanis have property and assets at home and abroad in Dubai. He was addressing a seminar on economic prosperity and the role of enterprises.
The FBR chairman added that the money sent from Pakistan in the 90s was immense and that investors had also opted to stay abroad.