Maryam Nawaz schooled on Panama Papers scandal by Pulitzer-winning journalists

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Maryam Nawaz schooled on Panama Papers scandal by Pulitzer-winning journalists


The Pakistani Twitter-sphere today saw the prime minister's daughter being schooled by two Pulitzer prize-winning journalists on the true nature and global impact of the Panama Papers scandal.

In a bid to 'cleanse' her family's name of the Panama Papers controversy, Maryam Nawaz had taken to Twitter Tuesday evening to share her thoughts.

She claimed the Panama Papers, which rocked some of the most powerful public office holders in several countries, had been "trashed in the rest of the world".


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Maryam Nawaz Sharif

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Panama is crap. Trashed in the rest of the world. Those relying on it to bring down NS wil bite the dust Insha'Allah https://twitter.com/azizumai/status/859389808988364806 …

She doubled down on that statement by tweeting that the scandal was "never about corruption".


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Maryam Nawaz Sharif

✔@MaryamNSharif
Panama papers were never about corruption. Even the stealers & hackers (read originators) didn't say it was. Losers in imminent danger 1/2

Unexpectedly, Bastian Obermayer‏ — a Pulitzer-winning journalist from German publication Süddeutsche Zeitung who was the first to receive the Panama Papers and who eventually took the lead in breaking the story internationally — stepped in at that point to set the record straight.

"Sorry to tell you," he said, "[but the] Panama papers ARE about corruption."


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Bastian Obermayer @b_obermayer

Sorry to tell you: #panamapapers ARE about #corruption. We found an astonishing number of corruption cases in the documents - and all real. https://twitter.com/maryamnsharif/status/859398352819159040 …

Maryam retorted saying that the "misery of the journalists" who broke the Panama story "is understandable".


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Maryam Nawaz Sharif

✔@MaryamNSharif
The misery of journalists who broke the Panama story is understandable. Their overt & covert efforts to bring the govt down came to a naught

She also expressed regret over what she alleged was a "nexus" between the Panama Papers journalists and their "Pakistani counterparts" and said it was "sad that they became a part of conspiracy against Pakistan".


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Maryam Nawaz Sharif

✔@MaryamNSharif
Don't want 2say much abt nexus bet u & yr Pak counterparts but sad that they bcame a part of conspiracy against Pak. https://twitter.com/b_obermayer/status/859404334521606145 …


Obermayer responded by giving her some perspective on what journalism is about and what the scope of the Panama Papers actually was:


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Bastian Obermayer @b_obermayer

Journalism isn't about bringing down a govrnmt. It's about telling the truth. Like it or not. (& #panamapapers isn't only abt Pakistan, btw) https://twitter.com/maryamnsharif/status/859418812910882817 …

11:11 AM - 2 May 2017

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Minutes later, Frederik Obermaier‏, another Pulitzer-winning journalist who worked on the Panama Papers and who co-authored the authoritative book on the international scandal with Bastian Obermayer, joined the conversation.

He reminded Maryam that the scandal had not been as inconsequential as she believed.


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Frederik Obermaier

✔@f_obermaier
Trashed in the rest of the world? ICYMI: ~150 investigations, audits & investigations #PanamaPapers in ~80 countries http://bit.ly/2owI9VR https://twitter.com/MaryamNSharif/status/859391745582399498 …

11:15 AM - 2 May 2017



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The conversation eventually subsided after Maryam Nawaz stopped tweeting

 

[Kabira]

I wonder if politicians and army realise that twitter is on internet and not intranet for Pakistanis only? Stop making fool out of yourself on twitter.

 

[Realistic Change]

Sincere advice for Maryam - deactivate your twitter account and oblige!

 

[lastofthepatriots]

Lol she got owned.

 

[Imad.Khan]

And she wants to be Pakistan's PM. I really feel sorry for people that follow this family. Embarrassment where ever they go and what ever they do.

 

[saiyan0321]

She is quite frankly an open embarrassment for Pakistan. She is simply not a smart person and will make a fool of herself. Nawaz Sharif is beyond deluded if he thinks she will be like benazir bhutto. Khurshid shah was right about her being sent back into the kitchen. Quite frankly she was so foolish that she jeopardized her fledgling political career by making dawn leaks and the army and the opposition know it was her. After that the once touted to be minister suddenly disappeared and is not found on twitter making a fool out of herself constantly.

She is embarrassing her party and Pakistan bcz her god forsaken father is our god forsaken prime minister.

 

[tarrar]

This was needed, a job well done by Germans. Once again Panama will haunt this crazy jabroni lady as she is trying her very best to dump Panama once & for all but she will pay the price along with her ganja family for Panama & Dawn leaks.

 

[Zibago]

I wonder if politicians and army realise that twitter is on internet and not intranet for Pakistanis only? Stop making fool out of yourself on twitter.

She still lives in the 90,s

https://www.facebook.com/

 

[Manidabest]

maaan she is a fake benazir bhutto and self proclaimed dukhtar e Pakistan and what a crap .... can someone tell her that go to lollywood and act as a female comedian .....

 

[JOEY TRIBIANI]

And she wants to be Pakistan's PM. I really feel sorry for people that follow this family. Embarrassment where ever they go and what ever they do.

What were u expecting from a typical patwaran?

 

[airmarshal]

How terrible this woman is! What was her family lawyers doing in Supreme Court in the last 5 months? They were defending the case that she and her family are not thieves and not committed any corruption. They miserably failed.

 

[Path-Finder]

massi tweet'ni doesn't seem to know that tweets have a global reach. such backhanded slaps is just too much

 

[Sully3]

She is quite frankly an open embarrassment for Pakistan. She is simply not a smart person and will make a fool of herself. Nawaz Sharif is beyond deluded if he thinks she will be like benazir bhutto. Khurshid shah was right about her being sent back into the kitchen. Quite frankly she was so foolish that she jeopardized her fledgling political career by making dawn leaks and the army and the opposition know it was her. After that the once touted to be minister suddenly disappeared and is not found on twitter making a fool out of herself constantly.

She is embarrassing her party and Pakistan bcz her god forsaken father is our god forsaken prime minister.

she is basically playing village politics, she is a paindoo auraat who hasn't got a clue how stupid she is making her self look. She single handedly has ruined PML-n's tenure doing idiotic things trying to kick start her political career.

The facts remain all the things PML-N are in trouble for like dawn leaks, Jindal Nawaz meeting etc etc were made worse because the PM daughter didn't stop this issues for escalating by back tracking, rather she made them worse by openly lying trying to protect herself and parties ministers.

If i was Shahbaz Sharif i would be royally pissed off at how Maryam single handedly has lost the next election to PML N. Nawaz really needs his head tested if he thinks any pakistani sees this donkey maryam as a future leader. keep this paindooo auraat as far away from the government as u can, she is a national embarrassment.

I won't forget how stupid she was when she leaked Nawaz and Trumps 1st phone call discussions as a statement, or when she called Jindal an old friend only for media to release his anti Pakistani tweets and the cherry on the cake was when the ministry of information GOI pakistan contacted Mark Zuckerberg to verify Maryam Nawaz's twitter account, only for Facebook to send a letter to the Ministery saying we own Facebook not twitter. what an absolute moron this women is, literally the laughing stock of the world.

deluded princess go back to you village, this politics business isn't for you.

All that money, flats in london, factories in the middle east, off shore countries in panama and this idiot Maryaam Nawaz couldn't afford to buy herself a social media advisor to the government if she really had political aspirations.

I really dont see any difference between Tareek Fateh and Maryam Nawaz on a stupidity level when using social media.

 

[Syed1.]

Khala Maryam forgot that she is dealing with Pulitzer prize winning journalists and not GEO ke paid tattoos..

 

[Mansoon]

Maryam Nawaz schooled on Panama Papers scandal by Pulitzer-winning journalists

The Pakistani Twitter-sphere today saw the prime minister's daughter being schooled by two Pulitzer prize-winning journalists on the true nature and global impact of the Panama Papers scandal.

In a bid to 'cleanse' her family's name of the Panama Papers controversy, Maryam Nawaz had taken to Twitter Tuesday evening to share her thoughts.

She claimed the Panama Papers, which rocked some of the most powerful public office holders in several countries, had been "trashed in the rest of the world".


Follow
Maryam Nawaz Sharif

✔@MaryamNSharif
Panama is crap. Trashed in the rest of the world. Those relying on it to bring down NS wil bite the dust Insha'Allah https://twitter.com/azizumai/status/859389808988364806 …

2:58 PM - 2 May 2017

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She doubled down on that statement by tweeting that the scandal was "never about corruption".


Follow
Maryam Nawaz Sharif

✔@MaryamNSharif
Panama papers were never about corruption. Even the stealers & hackers (read originators) didn't say it was. Losers in imminent danger 1/2

3:25 PM - 2 May 2017

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Unexpectedly, Bastian Obermayer‏ — a Pulitzer-winning journalist from German publication Süddeutsche Zeitung who was the first to receive the Panama Papers and who eventually took the lead in breaking the story internationally — stepped in at that point to set the record straight.

"Sorry to tell you," he said, "[but the] Panama papers ARE about corruption."


Follow
Bastian Obermayer @b_obermayer
Sorry to tell you: #panamapapers ARE about #corruption. We found an astonishing number of corruption cases in the documents - and all real. https://twitter.com/maryamnsharif/status/859398352819159040 …

3:48 PM - 2 May 2017

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Maryam retorted saying that the "misery of the journalists" who broke the Panama story "is understandable".


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Maryam Nawaz Sharif

✔@MaryamNSharif
The misery of journalists who broke the Panama story is understandable. Their overt & covert efforts to bring the govt down came to a naught

4:18 PM - 2 May 2017

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She also expressed regret over what she alleged was a "nexus" between the Panama Papers journalists and their "Pakistani counterparts" and said it was "sad that they became a part of conspiracy against Pakistan".


Follow
Maryam Nawaz Sharif

✔@MaryamNSharif
Don't want 2say much abt nexus bet u & yr Pak counterparts but sad that they bcame a part of conspiracy against Pak. https://twitter.com/b_obermayer/status/859404334521606145 …

4:46 PM - 2 May 2017

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Obermayer responded by giving her some perspective on what journalism is about and what the scope of the Panama Papers actually was:


Follow
Bastian Obermayer @b_obermayer
Journalism isn't about bringing down a govrnmt. It's about telling the truth. Like it or not. (& #panamapapers isn't only abt Pakistan, btw) https://twitter.com/maryamnsharif/status/859418812910882817 …

5:11 PM - 2 May 2017

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Minutes later, Frederik Obermaier‏, another Pulitzer-winning journalist who worked on the Panama Papers and who co-authored the authoritative book on the international scandal with Bastian Obermayer, joined the conversation.

He reminded Maryam that the scandal had not been as inconsequential as she believed.


Follow
Frederik Obermaier

✔@f_obermaier
Trashed in the rest of the world? ICYMI: ~150 investigations, audits & investigations #PanamaPapers in ~80 countries http://bit.ly/2owI9VR https://twitter.com/MaryamNSharif/status/859391745582399498 …

5:15 PM - 2 May 2017

Panama Papers: The downfall of a scandalous firm
Mossack Fonseca's founders are in custody, most of its employees have been sacked, and it is under investigation around the world. The law firm at the heart of the Panama Papers has lost its unique...

panamapapers.sueddeutsche.de

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The conversation eventually subsided after Maryam Nawaz stopped tweeting.