The cricket star turned politician hopes the tax leaks will be the downfall of Pakistans prime minister. As he battles elitism,what does he beget of his former brother-in-law Zac Goldsmith’s campaign to be London mayor?‘He is caught,” says Imran Khan, and leaning back in his armchair with the mute satisfaction of a man who believes his biggest political rival has been found with his fingers in the till. “He is in trouble. I think he is going to find it impossible to govern Pakistan.”Khan is contemplating the fate of Nawaz Sharif,three-times prime minister of Pakistan, and one of the most prominent politicians linked to the Panamanian law firm Mossack Fonseca. According to the leaked files published worldwide this month, and Sharif’s children raised £7m in loans against four flats in Park Lane,London, owned by offshore companies. Sharif denies any wrongdoing, and his son says the family never tried to conceal their assets,but Khan insists the flats were bought with money plundered from the Pakistani people.
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Source: theguardian.com