Name of Benazir in PanamaLeaks part of smear campaign: PPP

ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) on Monday termed the inclusion of the name of Shaheed Benazir Bhutto in the PanamaLeaks for owning an offshore company as part of a smear campaign through unsubstantiated allegations.

The party said it was not for the first time that the name of the former prime minister was used in a smear campaign.“When the report of the oil for food programme first surfaced over a decade ago, the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) dispatched its prosecutors and investigators to Spain for investigation. However, the NAB persecutors returned empty-handed when the Spanish magistrate found no proof of wrongdoing and closed the case,” said the PPP spokesman Senator Farhatullah Babar while commenting on reports of the media mentioning the name of Benazir Bhutto in the oil-for-food programme in Iraq.Babar said those who wanted to smear the name of Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto should first look up the past record.