Panama Papers: Pak PM Nawaz Sharif has classified meeting with trusted legal aide
Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has held a highly classified meeting with his close legal aide and former attorney general Salman Aslam Butt in connection with documentation to establish the money trail of his family’s London properties.
Sharif met Butt on Friday to get legal assistance regarding the ongoing investigation by a joint investigation team (JIT) formed in the wake of the Supreme Court verdict in the Panamagate case to probe the Sharifs’ alleged graft, reports the Express Tribune.
Butt has been part of Sharif family’s legal team in the past. He was engaged as a private counsel by the Prime Minister in the Panama leaks case last year. Butt is also close to Finance Minister Ishaq Dar.
He was, however, replaced with Makhdoom Ali Khan after he told the bench that the Prime Minister’s statement, made on the floor of the house in April 2015 after the emergence of the Panama Papers about money trail of his family’s’ wealth and businesses, was a ‘political’ statement.
However, now the family has again sought his legal assistance to prove the money trail before the JIT.
Citing sources, the report said that Butt had produced all the documents before the apex court to establish the money trail …read more
