ISLAMABAD – Startling revelations surface as to who had ordered theinclusion of the ISI and MI officers in the Panama case JIT against Shariffamily.
It has been revealed that the military officers were included in the PanamaJIT on the orders of the then Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan.
Chief Justice of Pakistan Justice Saqib Nisar during the hearing of moneylaundering case remarked that Chaudhry Nisar included intelligenceofficials in Panama JIT, not the court.
Omni Group Chairman Anwar Majeed along with his son Abdul Ghani appearedbefore the Supreme Court bench after repeated absence.
The chief justice said he was unaware about the inclusion of intelligenceofficials in the JIT, adding that he came to know only recently that thecommittee formed by Chaudhry Nisar had ISI and MI officials.
“We don’t want to waste time in forming Joint Investigation Team (JIT). Wewill continue to supervise this case as suo moto action was taken againstit,” he added.
The top judge also rejected pre-arrest bail plea of Anwar Majeed, sayingthat the court had neither ordered to apprehend the accused nor directed toleave him.
Remarking over putting Majeed’s name on Exit Control List (ECL), CJP askedwho instructed for this on which DG FIA said that it was written in thecourt’s order.
The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) after the hearing, adjourned tillAugust 28, arrested the father-son duo.
Earlier, FIA had prepared a report and revealed that more than 10 politicalpersonalities are allegedly involved in fictitious transactions worth Rs35billion.