#Fontgate: How a Microsoft font could lead to the removal of Pakistan's Prime Minster

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Pakistan's government is in turmoil after the strange plot twist in an ongoing corruption scandal that has ensnared one of the country's wealthiest and most powerful families — and a Microsoft Word font might just be one of the keys to discovering the truth.

Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif's daughter Maryam Sharif allegedly submitted forged documents in a judicial investigation into the family's "unusual wealth," according to Reuters. The documents served as a smokescreen of her alleged ownership of valuable properties outside the country.

So how did the investigators conclude that the documents were forged? Sharif reportedly used the Microsoft's Calibri font, which wasn't publicly available until 2007, while claiming the documents were created in 2006.  Read more...

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#Fontgate: How a Microsoft font could lead to the removal of Pakistan's Prime Minster #Fontgate: How a Microsoft font could lead to the removal of Pakistan's Prime Minster Reviewed by mimisabreena on Thursday, July 13, 2017 Rating: 5

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