Panama Case JIT report submitted in SC, what report says
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ISLAMABAD: Supreme Court of Pakistan has resumed the follow up of the Panama Papers case Joint Investigation Team progress on Monday. The JIT members appeared before the Court as were asked by the five member larger bench to appear in the court after an interval of 15 days.
The Joint Investigation Team (JIT), which was formed on the Supreme Court's orders to further probe into the case, has presented its first interim report to the apex court.
The interim report comprises the JIT’s findings of the first 15-days of its investigation. It is expected to complete its investigation in a total of 60 days.
Federal Investigation Agency Additional Director-General Wajid Zia, who is heading the JIT, submitted the interim report to the Supreme Court's Registrar Office today, where other members of the probe body are also present.
The special three-member bench includes Justice Ejaz Afzal, Justice Sheikh Azmat Saeed and Justice Ijaz-ul-Hassan.
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan, while entering the court to attend the proceedings, said they will decide on whether to ask the bench to order the JIT to release daily progress reports after examining the present 15-day report.
The initial phase of the JIT probe dealt with receiving all the important records related to the case from the concerned departments.
Sources said the JIT has received the record of the Hudaibiya Paper Mills case from the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) but the documents are unverified.
The JIT has also approached the Election Commission of Pakistan to obtain details of the assets of the prime minister and his son-in-law and MNA Captain (retd) Muhammad Safdar.
The statements made by the Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif's children, Maryam Safdar and Hussain Nawaz, on various television channels have also been recorded and compiled by the JIT.
