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ISLAMABAD, June 15 (APP): Prime Minister Muhammad Nawaz
Sharif appeared before the Joint Investigation Team (JIT), set
up by the Supreme Court to probe the Panama Papers case
Thursday.
The Prime Minister was accompanied by son Hussain Nawaz,
Chief Minister Punjab Shahbaz Sharif and his son Hamza
Shahbaz, son-in-law MNA Capt (Retd) Safdar, Political
Secretary Asif Kirmani and Principal Secretary Fawad Hassan
Fawad and other officials.
The Prime Minister, attired in a Shalwar Kameez and waist
coat, waved to the large number of party workers gathered
outside the venue to express solidarity with him.
The Prime Minister appeared before the six-member JIT
alone at the Judicial Academy building. Those accompanying the
prime minister, later returned to the PM House.
A three-member special SC bench, headed by Justice Ijaz
Afzal Khan and comprising Justice Sheikh Azmat Saeed and
Justice Ijazul Ahsen, had constituted a six-member JIT, led by
Additional Director General (Immigration), Federal
Investigation Agency (FIA) Wajid Zia.
Other members of the investigation team are Amir Aziz
from the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP), Bilal Rasool, Executive
Director, Securities Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP),
Irfan Naeem Mangi Director National Accountability Bureau
(NAB), Brigadier Kamran Khursheed from the Military
Intelligence (MI) and Brigadier Nauman Saeed from the Inter-
Services Intelligence (ISI).
The JIT was set up to facilitate the investigation and
collect evidence in line with the order passed by a five-
member larger bench on April 20.
The JIT has already questioned the two sons of Prime
Minister Nawaz Sharif; Hassan Nawaz and Hussain Nawaz over the
funding for purchase of apartments in London and their off-
shore companies.
Hundreds of PML-N leaders and workers including lawyers
gathered outside the Federal Judicial Academy building to express
solidarity with the prime minister. Carrying banners and placards they
raised slogans; “Mian terey jan nisar be shumar be shumar”,
“dekho dekho kon aya, sher aya, sher aya”. They also raised
slogans against the PTI leader Imran Khan.
Strict security arrangements were made around the
Academy building with multiple tiers of security cordon by
police and FC in riot gear.