Request ID: FOI-0263-2223 Date published: 30 May 2022
You asked
We British Pakistani are dumbfounded
To see two convicted criminal brothers photographs all over London buses under the banner ' Emerging Pakistan'.
Elder brother Nawaz Sharif ran away from Pakistani investigating authorities under the pretext of 'health issues' and never gone back. Younger brother has money laundering/fraud/tax evasion cases amounting to 41 billion rupees.
We therefore would like to know who is paying for the campaign ( approx cost £100k) under the freedom of information act and would like tfl to stop facilitating proven criminals.
We answered
TfL Ref: 0263-2223
Thank you for your request received by Transport for London (TfL) on 5 May 2022 asking for information about a bus advertisement.
Your request has been considered in accordance with the requirements of the Freedom of Information Act and our information access policy. Unfortunately we don’t hold the information you require. You asked: We British Pakistani are dumbfounded to see two convicted criminal brothers photographs all over London buses under the banner ' Emerging Pakistan'. Elder brother Nawaz Sharif ran away from Pakistani investigating authorities under the pretext of 'health issues' and never gone back. Younger brother has money laundering/fraud/tax evasion cases amounting to 41 billion rupees. We therefore would like to know who is paying for the campaign ( approx cost £100k) under the freedom of information act and would like tfl to stop facilitating proven criminals.
We don’t hold this information. All bus-side advertising is made through private commercial agreements between the Bus Operating companies (which are private firms operating services under a contract with TfL) and the advertiser or sponsor, and we are not involved in those commercial agreements.
Please see the attached information sheet for details of your right to appeal.
Yours sincerely
Sara Thomas FOI Case Management Team General Counsel Transport for London
