Sharif empire built on fictitious Telegraphic transfers: Shahzad.

ISLAMABAD: Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Accountability Shahzad Akbar on Thursday took another swipe at Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) President Shehbaz Sharif, saying that the family's entire declared wealth was based solely on fictitious telegraphic transfers.

His remarks followed an "emotionally charged" press conference by Shehbaz Sharif to condemn the arrest by the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) of PML-N leader Shahid Khaqan Abbasi. "Today's conference wasn't about Abbasi's arrest or The Mail's story. The real reason is the entire family being caught red handed," said Akbar.

"The Mail's real story centres around the $26 million money laundering perpetrated by your family. Your entire family's declared wealth is based solely on fake, fictitious telegraphic transfers," he continued.

Akbar said that Sharif's press conference did not even merit a rebuttal because he had not clarified even one point from The Mail's story and its accusations.

"Instead of claiming you will sue the publication for defamation, you held an emotionally charged press conference, which was basically a repeat telecast of when you used to stand with a fan in your hand and put on a show. There was no substance factually."

"The story was done by The Mail on Sunday, David Rose is the one who broke it, but after the press conference I did following the story, they tried to blame me for their woes," said Akbar.

"In response to the story, the Earthquake Reconstruction and Rehabilitation Authority (ERRA) payments I showed to the media during my press conference did not see any specific response from these people," he added.

"I will go over from 'point to point' the things Shehbaz Sharif said in his press...