ISLAMABAD – Panama Papers Case Joint Investigation Team (JIT) head WajidZia on Tuesday informed accountability court that Maryam Nawaz, HussainNawaz and Hassan Nawaz submitted counterfeit trust deeds.
He made these remarks while recording statements before accountabilitycourt in Avenfield Flats reference case.
Zia told court that JIT had forwarded Nielsen and Nescoll offshorecompanies’ trust deeds for forensic examination to Radley Forensic DocumentLaboratory, a UK-based company.
Zia continued that the company—after thoroughly examining thedocuments—crafted report stating that documents submitted by Sharif familywere fake.
Zia further added that the report stated Sharif family had tampered withthe papers by altering date from 2004 to 2006. He claimed that accusedconfessed to have possession of flats in 1990s, when Hussain was a student.
Maryam’s counsel opposed National Accountability Court’s (NAB) request tomake letters written to the JIT last year by Qatari royal Sheikh Hamad binJassim bin Jaber Al Thani and the British Virgin Islands, as evidence inthe case. However, court dismissed Maryam counsel’s concerns and acceptedaforementioned documents as evidence in the case.
Later the hearing was adjourned till March-28.