Panama Papers Case: Nawaz Sharif to appear before special Supreme Court-appointed team
Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif will appear tomorrow before a Supreme Court-appointed team probing the Panamagate graft case, an unprecedented development that will make him the first sitting premier to depose before such a panel.
The Joint Investigation Team (JIT) chief Wajid Zia had summoned the prime minister to appear before the six-member probe team at 11:00 AM (11:30 IST) on June 15 with all documents relevant to the case.
Amidst tight security, Sharif will appear before the probing officers at Islamabad’s Judicial Academy which is temporarily turned into the JIT’s secretariat.
The summons was issued to Sharif, 67, after he returned last Saturday from Kazakhstan where he had attended the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Summit.
In its judgement of April 20 in the Panama Papers case, the Supreme Court had constituted a JIT and empowered it to summon the prime minister, his sons and any other person necessary, to investigate allegations of money-laundering, through which the four apartments in London’s posh Park Lane area were purchased.
Sharif has denied any wrongdoing.
The Joint Investigation Team had questioned Sharif’s sons — Hussain and Hasan — last month over the family’s alleged improper business dealings.
His eldest son Hussain was questioned five times while Hasan, the youngerson, was …read more
