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'Fontgate': Microsoft, Wikipedia and the scandal threatening the Pakistani PM

Court finds that Nawaz Sharif’s daughter in 2006 disclosed link to firm named in Panama Papers, but disclosure was typed in font not available until 2007
Mariam Nawaz Sharif, the daughter of Pakistan’s Prime Minister speaks to media after appearing before an investigation in Islamabad. Photograph: Reuters

The daughter of Pakistan’s prime minister has become subject of ridicule in her home country after forensic experts cast doubts on documents central to her defence against corruption allegations.

Mariam Nawaz Sharif is acquired through offshore companies in the British Virgin Islands.

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