ISLAMABAD: Imran Khan has sought UK's lend a hand to fight the menace of cash laundering during a dialog together with his British counterpart Theresa May, Pakistani media reported, a day after he vowed to act in opposition to those that "looted" the rustic.
Khan's request is vital as former Pakistan prime minister Nawaz Sharif and his shut family members are recently jailed in one corruption case and are going through more allegations of cash laundering and graft.
Hours after Imran Khan used to be elected the new prime minister of Pakistan on Friay, May called him to congratulate and be offering her perfect needs, Dawn newspaper reported.
The British Prime Minister, during her telephonic dialog with Khan, said that her executive is ready to further enhance Britain's relations with Pakistan.
"We are ready to open new avenues of partnership with Pakistan," May told Khan. "We will fully assist the new government."
Khan, after thanking May for her call, said that he hopes to work with the British executive to root out the menace of cash laundering.
"Money laundering is a severe problem for developing countries," he said. "To stop this we want to work with foreign governments, especially Britain's," Khan used to be quoted as announcing.
Prime Minister May agreed to Khan's desire of working together to remove the apply, the report said.
In his inaugural cope with to the newly-elected Parliament, Khan said, "I promise my nation today that we will bring the tabdeeli (change) that this nation was starving for."
"We have to hold strict accountability in this country; the people who looted this country, I promise that I will work against them," he vowed.
"The money that was laundered, I will bring it back - the money that should have gone towards health, education, and water, went into people's pockets," Khan said.
Sharif, 68, in conjunction with his daughter Maryam, 44 and his son-in-law Capt (retd) Muhammad Safdar are already serving prison phrases of 10-years, seven years and twelve months respectively in the Adiala Jail in Rawalpindi, after an accountability courtroom convicted them on July 6 over the family's possession of 4 luxury residences in London.
The possession of the four London residences by the Sharif family surfaced in the Panama Papers in April 2016, indicating that the luxurious homes had been managed thru offshore corporations owned by Sharif's kids.
The Panama Papers cases had been introduced on September eight, 2016 following the Supreme Court verdict of July 28 that disqualified Sharif as prime minister and ordered the National Accountability Bureau to probe corruption cases in opposition to him.
Khan's request is vital as former Pakistan prime minister Nawaz Sharif and his shut family members are recently jailed in one corruption case and are going through more allegations of cash laundering and graft.
Hours after Imran Khan used to be elected the new prime minister of Pakistan on Friay, May called him to congratulate and be offering her perfect needs, Dawn newspaper reported.
The British Prime Minister, during her telephonic dialog with Khan, said that her executive is ready to further enhance Britain's relations with Pakistan.
"We are ready to open new avenues of partnership with Pakistan," May told Khan. "We will fully assist the new government."
Khan, after thanking May for her call, said that he hopes to work with the British executive to root out the menace of cash laundering.
"Money laundering is a severe problem for developing countries," he said. "To stop this we want to work with foreign governments, especially Britain's," Khan used to be quoted as announcing.
Prime Minister May agreed to Khan's desire of working together to remove the apply, the report said.
In his inaugural cope with to the newly-elected Parliament, Khan said, "I promise my nation today that we will bring the tabdeeli (change) that this nation was starving for."
"We have to hold strict accountability in this country; the people who looted this country, I promise that I will work against them," he vowed.
"The money that was laundered, I will bring it back - the money that should have gone towards health, education, and water, went into people's pockets," Khan said.
Sharif, 68, in conjunction with his daughter Maryam, 44 and his son-in-law Capt (retd) Muhammad Safdar are already serving prison phrases of 10-years, seven years and twelve months respectively in the Adiala Jail in Rawalpindi, after an accountability courtroom convicted them on July 6 over the family's possession of 4 luxury residences in London.
The possession of the four London residences by the Sharif family surfaced in the Panama Papers in April 2016, indicating that the luxurious homes had been managed thru offshore corporations owned by Sharif's kids.
The Panama Papers cases had been introduced on September eight, 2016 following the Supreme Court verdict of July 28 that disqualified Sharif as prime minister and ordered the National Accountability Bureau to probe corruption cases in opposition to him.
Imran Khan seeks British PM Theresa May's help to combat money laundering
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