Politicians in Pakistan are sharing a video they falsely claim shows Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif 'on trial' in Britain The footage is from January 2020 and shows Sharif announcing legal action against a newspaper
As anti-government protesters in Pakistan urged Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif to call a snap election, opposition politicians shared a video that they falsely claimed shows the leader"on trial" in Britain. The footage actually shows Sharif at a press conference in London in January 2020 after he launched legal action against a newspaper that accused him of embezzling UK government aid. While the case was still ongoing in November 2022, Sharif was not put on trial.
"In a British court, the charge sheet is being read against Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif," wrote Sajid Khan, a member of the opposition Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party, in an Urdu-languagein April after ousting his predecessor Imran Khan in a no-confidence vote. Khan has since campaigned for a snap election, with a series of raucous marches and rallies, while claiming he was pushed out of power in a conspiracy orchestrated by the United States.
The video shows Sharif sitting next to a man reading a statement, who appears to say:"Mr Sharif misappropriated UK taxpayers' money and in particular, government aid intended for the victims of the devastating 2005 earthquake in Pakistan".The video was widely shared online, including by PTI politician
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