Robert Radley Report Can't Be Trusted As It Is Contrary To Facts, Maryam Tells Court

Mohammad Ali (@ChaudhryMAli88) Published May 25, 2018 | 05:00 PM

Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz leader Maryam Nawaz, while recording her statement in Avenfield reference on Friday, remarked that the report compiled by forensic expert Robert Radley cannot be trusted as it is contrary to the facts.

Islamabad, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 25th May, 2018) : Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz leader Maryam Nawaz, while recording her statement in Avenfield reference on Friday, remarked that the report compiled by forensic expert Robert Radley cannot be trusted as it is contrary to the facts.

The Avenfield reference, pertaining to the Sharif family's London properties, is among three filed against the Sharif family by the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) last year on the Supreme Court's directives.

"We had submitted the trust deed to the Supreme Court, however, the apex court did not ask any question about the trust deed," she remarked, adding that the JIT began an investigation on its own and "approached a so-called IT expert with ill-intent." The entire process of engaging the IT expert and submitting him the documents is very suspicious, she asserted.

"Robert Radley was hired through Wajid Zia's cousin.

We were never informed why the services of Radley not taken through the foreign office," PML-N leader said. "In reality, the services of Radley were employed to produce a fake report.

The report was prepared to include mine and my husband's name in the case," she added. "This report was prepared on the basis of a scanned copy which is unacceptable," she said. It is pertinent to note that Robert W Radley of Radley Forensic Document Laboratory was hired by the joint investigation team (JIT), tasked by Supreme Court to probe Sharif family's assets, to examine the documents presented by the Sharif family regarding Avenfiled apartments.

Radley had identified that the type of font used in the Trust Deed declarations was 'Calibri'. However, the font was not commercially available before Jan 31, 2007, and as such, neither of the documents is correctly dated nor appears to have been created at some later point in time.