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After the Panama Papers leak, someone tried to sell the Pakistan PM on eBay
https://www.yahoo.com/news/panama-papers-leak-someone-tried-050907384.html?nhp=1After British Prime Minister David Cameron and the Egyptian president Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, it was the turn of Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif to be put on sale on eBay. Sharif is currently facing scrutiny over his family's alleged secret offshore holdings according to the Panama Papers.
See also: Someone tried to sell David Cameron on eBay
The listing describes the Prime Minister as 'Useless Pakistani PM Nawaz Sharif', and his condition as "new with defects." It was made by mysterious long-time user 'mastavis', who added that the 'product' was "not in working condition", "had never worked," and was "genetically defected and corrupt."
The viral listing received over 100 bids up to for £66,200 ($92,000) , before being removed from the UK version of the website. It was originally scheduled to expire after five days, on Apr. 20.