Supreme Court grills PM lawyer Khwaja Haris in the Panama case
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ISLAMABAD:
Supreme Court of Pakistan has grilled the Counsel of PM Nawaz Sharif, Khwaja Haris over the Panama Papers case Joint Investigation Team hearing.
Supreme Court had resumed the hearing of the case for the second consecutive day today.
Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif was issued an Iqama (residence permit) by the UAE government for being the chairman of the board of Capital FZE, an offshore firm exposed by the six-member Joint Investigation Team (JIT) tasked to probe Sharif family’s offshore wealth, the premier’s counsel accepted on Tuesday.“Hassan Nawaz was the owner of Capital FZE and PM Nawaz was only designated as Chairman of the Board of this offshore company but he did not receive any salary,” Khawaja Haris told the apex court’s three-judge bench in response to a query during the ongoing hearing of the Panamagate case.
In his arguments, the counsel contended that the high-powered inquiry panel did not confront the prime minister regarding the documents of his employment in the Dubai-based firm.
Upon this, the top court bench told Haris that he may give an explanation before the court if the investigative body did not give an opportunity to PM Nawaz for clarifying his position in the matter.