KARACHI: Maryam Nawaz, daughter of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, has reached the United Kingdom on a week-long visit.
Her departure fuelled speculations that the visit may be related to the Panama Papers leaks case being heard by a five-judge bench of the Supreme Court.
However, Maryam clarified on Twitter that she came to the UK to meet her son. “In UK to see my son. Will Insha’Allah be back in a week or so. The spin being given to my benign visit by a section of media is ridiculous,” she tweeted.
Published in Dawn February 8th, 2017
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My 2 cents
Feb 08, 2017 11:39am
Their wealth and sons and daughters in Europe - why are they here in Pakistan?
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Saif Zulfiqar
Feb 08, 2017 12:21pm
@My 2 cents, Easy for them to loot here in Pakistan.
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kanwarch
Feb 08, 2017 12:30pm
Please stay there for good.
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Justice
Feb 08, 2017 12:38pm
It is not bcoz of Panama Papers rather Dawn Leaks case
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SALMAN
Feb 08, 2017 12:43pm
As per her and her husband's tax papers, they are quite poor, where do they get money to send son abroad in addition to their own family trips?
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parveez
Feb 08, 2017 12:43pm
Pakistan is nit good enough for them thats why rhey have homes abroad.
Pakistan is good to govern as most of the uneducated population can not see the bigger picture.
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Raza
Feb 08, 2017 12:49pm
@My 2 cents Making more and more wealth by making people of Pakistan fool.
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asif
Feb 08, 2017 12:53pm
If everything of you guys is in the West then why are you in Pakistan?
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Ali Bokhary
Feb 08, 2017 01:02pm
She has a right to do whatever she wants to as long she is not proven guilty. Just because the 35 puncture crowd wants her demise based on political accusations, does nt mean that she would lock herself in Jail. After all the same crowd was equally convinced about the truthfulness of 35 punctures and wanted Nawaz Sharif to punish himself because of that.
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JKhan
Feb 08, 2017 01:20pm
Media is,right. She feared outcome of Dawnleak and of course Panama. She avoided arrest.
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Falcon1
Feb 08, 2017 01:21pm
What else would you do if you suddenly receive a large gift of a few hundred million from daddy, but to fly to London for some shopping, check out some tony flats on Park Lane; consult with bankers and financial advisors and just have a good time???
Isn't that normal among the 1%?
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Sab Se Pehle Pakistan
Feb 08, 2017 01:27pm
Corruption Kings and Queens = PML-N
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PASHTUN_KHAN
Feb 08, 2017 01:33pm
why do all of you complain? You voted for these people. LIVE WITH IT!!!!!
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Das
Feb 08, 2017 01:34pm
@My 2 cents to get more wealth, otherwise how they will survive if they don't loot you
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yousaf
Feb 08, 2017 01:55pm
a week or so, shall we start a crowd funding in case she needs more money .
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Tariq
Feb 08, 2017 01:59pm
These people choose everything outside the country but only remain in this country to accumulate wealth in the disguise of Politics. Those who vote them are really need to open their eyes beyond any grudge and hate and think of this country.
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Skeptic
Feb 08, 2017 02:01pm
A monthly vacation, no doubt...
After all the hard work she's required to put in for the care of the poor and needy in Pakistan; the widows, orphans, building schools, providing food and shelter, tend to the wounded; grieve with the families of deceased who are blown up routinely around the country on a weekly basis or randomly shot in cities as diverse as Karachi and Lahore, coordinating the rallies for NS, managing the launch of motorways and Metros.... etc etc... takes its toll on anyone.. Hence the much needed R&R...
Hope she was allowed a dedicated PIA for her stay in London. We don't want her to be inconvenienced trying to check in on a ordinary commercial flight!
Have a good time Maryam. Wish we were there!
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asif
Feb 08, 2017 02:09pm
@Pashtun khan, I assume that no one writing comments here did voted for these monsters.
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Sheharyar
Feb 08, 2017 02:09pm
No spin can match the spin you have given to the question of money trail
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lafanga
Feb 08, 2017 02:17pm
Business in UK, Flats in UK, Son in UK, Father goes to UK for medical .... please explain why are you in Pakistan?
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Riaz Ahmad
Feb 08, 2017 02:46pm
@Raza
Because the fools love to be fooled, otherwise why would the keep electing PPP and PML-N again and again?
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ABE
Feb 08, 2017 02:47pm
@My 2 cents - Simple, to make more money and buy more properties for grand-children.
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Salim
Feb 08, 2017 03:01pm
Maryam seems to be quite active on social media so I presume that she is reading all these comments and can see how popular and loved, she and her dear father are.......
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Kamran
Feb 08, 2017 03:02pm
We Pakistani's are the fools of the earth for keep electing the same leaders over and over again despite all the problems they bring! Stop electing Nawaz and the Bhuttos!
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poperty
Feb 08, 2017 03:06pm
She always denies London properties and now her actions are showing how much pounds poperty she's having in London.
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taimoor khan
Feb 08, 2017 03:07pm
Its seems UK is like second home to the ruling family, literally with properties and all. Pathetic state of affairs.
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Make Pakistan great
Feb 08, 2017 03:09pm
@Sheharyar
There is no spin involved in money trail. It is brazen threat that is being given to the court, plain and simple.
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Make Pakistan great
Feb 08, 2017 03:14pm
@My 2 cents
To financially support their sons and daughters in Europe.
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Heal
Feb 08, 2017 03:25pm
It's sad to see so much negativity in this comments section. Imran khan has sons also studying in the UK. Founder of Pakistan and Dr Iqbal also studied in the UK. Negativity does not take any nation forward. Cricise rulers on genuine wrong doings.Panama case is in the court let the judges decide.
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Waaris
Feb 08, 2017 03:40pm
The entire Pakistani nation is skeptical about such visit when most of the Pakistani "politicians" are in London. The nation has completely lost faith and trust in these so called elected leaders.
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Gerry D'Cunha
Feb 08, 2017 03:48pm
Hyprocrates politicians! Their children studying in London and no education system in their own country. Backward Pakistan is a bonus to these politicians to rule the uneducated people.
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Gaf
Feb 08, 2017 03:55pm
@Heal Imran's children live in UK with their mother, she legally and mutually took them their. Also IK is not the PM of Pakistan.
Maryam and her husband live and loot in Pakistan and being the daughter of PM and actively involved in Pakistani politics it her duty to set example for others to follow.
Anyone can take their children where they prefer, but when you and your father talk about the country that you govern, it is a moral responsibility to keep all in Pakistan. Finances or family matters. How can she or her father preach how good Pakistan is when they don't trust it themselves.
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Truth
Feb 08, 2017 03:58pm
@Heal - You are way off!!!
No one ever suspected Iqba, or Jinnah of being corrupt or for owning offshore companies or expensive flats in London. Neither were considered even 'millionaires' at the time, much less 'billionaires' in a country where most people still live on less than Rs 200 a day.
IK has not been implicated in Panama Leaks and just because his son lives or studies there, does not make him a thief!
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abid shad
Feb 08, 2017 03:59pm
who said we had voted for them?
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Pakistani
Feb 08, 2017 04:00pm
@Gaf, very well said
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ASHFAQ KHAN (USA)
Feb 08, 2017 04:02pm
@Falcon1 Love your thought process!
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Make Pakistan great
Feb 08, 2017 04:13pm
@Skeptic
Hope the first daughter reads these comments to gauge the 'love and affection' that ordinary people have for ruling family.
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Make Pakistan great
Feb 08, 2017 04:14pm
@SALMAN
No comments.
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Make Pakistan great
Feb 08, 2017 04:18pm
@Ali Bokhary
Has any big shot ever been convicted of corruption in Pakistan?
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Faraz I Hussain
Feb 08, 2017 04:25pm
Wow!! the audacity of this family.
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Shaikh
Feb 08, 2017 04:26pm
Her name is still "Maryam Nawaz Sharif" and not "Maryam Safdar" as per her twitter account, yet she claims she is dependent on her husband :)
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Faraz I Hussain
Feb 08, 2017 04:28pm
@ Heal: Imran Khan is not the PM of no this country. He hasn't looted this country for more than 25 years plus. He does not involve his kids in Pak politics. He hasn't got the billions $ like mia sahab. Please don't compare this family with IK's.
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Make Pakistan great
Feb 08, 2017 04:28pm
@Heal
Negativity, if you choose to call the frustration of the people over the corruption of the ruling family so, is not without any reason. The first family has been unable to prove the immense wealth acquired by it since entering politics. So, obviously, the wealth is not legit.
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Make Pakistan great
Feb 08, 2017 04:29pm
@Shaikh
One of those tactics to show the family to which she belongs. Not any different from Bilawal 'Bhutto' Zardari.
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Make Pakistan great
Feb 08, 2017 04:33pm
@Faraz I Hussain
Very well said.
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Parvez
Feb 08, 2017 04:46pm
Our leaders make their money in Pakistan......but their families live abroad ...... something very wrong with our political system.
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khanminator
Feb 08, 2017 04:47pm
Its ridiculous just like you said that its ridiculous that you dont have any ofshore companies and later it was found out that in fact you did.
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Azmeen
Feb 08, 2017 05:00pm
Wonderful reunion of a mother with her son.
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salar
Feb 08, 2017 05:19pm
@Heal Your ignorance and shallow comments give us an idea of your capacity to analyze this. The comparatives provided are illogical and inconsistent.
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rashid
Feb 08, 2017 05:28pm
good question !!
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Nawaz
Feb 08, 2017 05:31pm
@Ali Bokhary Senseless argument. Shows your IQ.
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Iftikhar Husain
Feb 08, 2017 05:41pm
The PM family enjoys the best of both world.
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BAXAR
Feb 08, 2017 05:43pm
@Heal "Founder of Pakistan and Dr Iqbal also studied in the UK." They did study, that is the difference.
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ABE
Feb 08, 2017 05:48pm
@BAXAR - I think Dr. Iqbal studied mainly in Germany, not the UK.
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BAXAR
Feb 08, 2017 05:55pm
"The spin being given to my benign visit by a section of media is ridiculous,” She said the same thing when it was first alleged, some time ago, about properties in London or anywhere, on her or her brothers' names. She needs to save this one as well, it can be used again in future, if return is delayed, or another "benign visit" is needed. What is a benign visit, by the way? What kind of visit is "not benign"?
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salman
Feb 08, 2017 06:09pm
@Ali Bokhary
Is that the same crowd who beilved maryam when she said she or her brothers own no property abroad in a TV interview in 2011, only to have her brother prove her wrong in 2016? Or is that a different crowd? Gets confusing with so many crowds.
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Pm
Feb 08, 2017 06:15pm
Please leave our country for good !
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responsible
Feb 08, 2017 06:25pm
Why the leaders sons are not in the country? Needs thinking.
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Naveed
Feb 08, 2017 06:43pm
She has nothing to do with all the panama drama. Leave here alone.
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Tariq, Lahore
Feb 08, 2017 06:45pm
@My 2 cents -To loot the poor the country!
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Gaf
Feb 08, 2017 07:01pm
@Naveed Tell this to 'The Panama Papers · ICIJ'.
ICIJ have notified Sharif family inc Maryam if you disagree with any Panama leak documents then please advise. But Sharifs have not challenged them.
Who are you kidding?
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Ahsan Gul
Feb 08, 2017 07:12pm
People of Punjab and Pakistan are still living in slave mentality. Knowingly how PM Nawaz and other politicians have looted and moved Pakistan's wealth overseas they still vote for them and elect them. PPP case is no different. These guys have properties in UAE, Spain, U.K. And USA.
Pakistan will not progress unless public changes its behavior.
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Jay
Feb 08, 2017 07:36pm
Sharif family failed to realize their immense responsibilities as rulers. Once they get elected they are public servants and their every move is in the public eye. They was to live as Kings in the name of democracy. Kings don't get elected by public.
Why their kids deserve the best of everything while kids in Pakistan are without even clean water. How much more money they will hoard.... ?
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Fareed N
Feb 08, 2017 08:03pm
Children studying in UK, Mayfair flats to live in, medical care for any ailment minor or major in UK . Life style of the Royalty of Jatti Umra.
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citizen
Feb 08, 2017 08:04pm
i applaud most of the comments but the fact is we can't progress unless feudal system is abolished in our country because it's this corrupt system which exploit the impoverished population (that is the major vote bank)
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Justice
Feb 08, 2017 08:25pm
Pakistan educations system is not good enough for Mariam Safdar's son, her father always goes to London for health issues, they keeps all their investments in foreign countries, only reason they are in Pakistan to make money, sounds like their primary residency is London not Pakistan.
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Ali
Feb 08, 2017 08:39pm
Come on folks, give the lady a chance to tie up loose ends regarding London properties and Panama scandal. Also do some shopping at Harrods, for the rich and famous. This is the lifestyle of our leaders and their children. The poor people of Pakistan don't matter.
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AG
Feb 08, 2017 08:56pm
We know everything about them, no matter where they live, what they do and despite all of there frauds, looting and corruptions they have right to govern us, we gave this right to them and we rightly deserved these leaders to rule us.
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Houlbelat
Feb 08, 2017 09:35pm
@SALMAN: Never heard about perks and privileges are big tax severs? They go abroad and get all expenses adjusted under their normal living expenses.
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rashid nasim
Feb 08, 2017 09:41pm
After reading most of the comments; it is obvious that people of Pakistan don't like this lady. I wonder if she is reading all these comments. If I was in her place with all these comments; I would have left the country for good. God bless Pakistan.
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Rehan
Feb 08, 2017 09:42pm
@Heal ..Father's of nation went to UK to get education. Not to buy properties, nor for routine medical checkups. Nor they send their kids to live in UK. Regarding IK... if your wife is a citizen of UK and you get divorce , where do you think your kids would live? Kids always stay with mother after divorce. A humble advice: Please get rid of your bias against IK.
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sALMAN
Feb 08, 2017 10:02pm
@Heal
however you eluded to the fact IK did not do any corruption himself. That is the real deal.
Honesty
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Tariq
Feb 08, 2017 10:10pm
@kanwarch It's not going to be that easy. If found guilty, she will have to serve substantial time along with other family members, return the loot and then if she is able, financially and physically, can she go wherever she pleases!
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layman
Feb 08, 2017 10:29pm
It's apparently relates to expected verdict on Panama Case. Maryam Nawaz prefer to remain happy in UK, rather than to face unexpected verdict.
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Imtiaz
Feb 09, 2017 12:17am
Please don't come back.
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Ilyas UK
Feb 09, 2017 04:42pm
Those who think, Pakistan is progressing and developing well under this government, just have a look at increase in Pakistani Debt figure since 2013. Your eyes will stay open for the rest of your lives..
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