ISLAMABAD: A five-member larger bench of the court, headed by Chief Justice of Pakistan Anwar Zaheer Jamali, has resumed hearing of Panama Papers case in Islamabad today (Wednesday).
Panama case hearing in Supreme Court on December 6: Full Text of court proceedings
While present his arguments on the PM’s allegedly contradictory statements as well as money trail, Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s lawyer Salman Butt informed court that his client gifted money to Maryam Nawaz.
On this, Justice Azmat Saeed Sheikh said the apex court knows what happened during its transaction. He further remarked that matter pertaining to ‘dependency’ is yet to be resolved.
Earlier on Tuesday, the apex court raised three key questions before the counsel for the Sharif family to prove that his client had acquired the London properties through legal means.
Panama Papers case in SC: Judges cast suspicion on PM statements
The Supreme Court asked how did the Prime Minister’s children create their companies? Is Maryam Nawaz dependant on someone? And did the prime minister tell the truth in his statements?
Salman Butt maintained that Maryam Nawaz was not dependent on the premier since her marriage in 1992.