Former prime minister Nawaz Sharif Thursday asked Wajid Zia, who headed the Panama case investigation, to reveal identities of the Joint Investigation Team (JIT) members.
Nawaz, who was disqualified by the Supreme Court in the Panama Papers case last year, was speaking to the media outside the accountability court hearing corruption cases against him.
He had made similar remarks on Wednesday after leaving the courtroom.
The former premier said the Supreme Court’s decision was based on the Iqama [foreign work permit] which had been proved a lie. Nawaz questioned identities of people whose assistance was sought by the JIT for the investigation. “It has been revealed now that 40 people were involved in drafting the JIT report,” said Nawaz while referring to Wajid Zia remarks in court on Wednesday.
The three-time prime minister also questioned who approved the recruitment of the JIT support staff, asserting that, “facts are pouring out of the false case after the false decision”.
Published in Daily Times, April 13th 2018.
