Panama scandal: Pak PM names 'common friend' who offered Rs 1,000 crore bribe to withdraw case against Nawaz Sharif

Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan filed a response in a defamation case, naming a "close friend" who reportedly offered him Rs 1,000 crore on behalf of Shahbaz Sharif to withdraw the Panama Papers case against then Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif.

Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan has finally filed a reply in a defamation case and identified a “common friend” who allegedly offered him Rs 1,000 crore on behalf of Shahbaz Sharif to withdraw the Panama Papers case in the Supreme Court against then prime minister Nawaz Sharif. Khan in 2017 had alleged that Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) president Shabaz offered him Rs 1,000 crore through a “common friend” to withdraw the Panama Papers case in the Supreme Court against then prime minister Nawaz Sharif.