Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) lawyer on Friday said that Prime Minister (PM) Nawaz Sharif has violated oath by concealing the assets.
A larger bench of the Supreme Court led by Justice Asif Saeed Khosa resumed hearing of the Panama Papers case against the family members of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Friday.
The bench of the apex court also include Justice Azmat Saeed, Justice Ijaz Afzal, Justice Gulzar Ahmed and Justice Ijaz-ul-Hasan.
Jamaat-e-Islami’s (JI) counsel Taufiq Asif gave arguments in the case today as Prime Minister’s counsel Makhdoom Ali Khan completed his on Thursday.
“Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has been disqualified for hiding assets in London,” asserted JI’s counsel in the top court during 13th hearing of the infamous case.
Taufiq Asif, who defended JI’s reference against PM Sharif and his family members in the court on Friday after legal teams of Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) and PM Sharif completed their arguments, said that in National Assembly speech, premier accepted his crime.
“PM’s speech in the National Assembly was not an ordinary event,” said Asif.
He continued that for hiding his property in London, Nawaz Sharif became ineligible to continue as the prime minister.
“Nawaz Sharif is not Sadiq and Amin anymore and the Supreme Court can give a declaration against him under Article-184/3”, JI’s counsel claimed.
On one occasion, the JI’s counsel also took his arguments back with regards to Zafar Ali Shah Case for which Justice Gulzar warned him by saying that “the case should not be taken in such a non-serious way”.
THE PANAMA PAPERS SCANDAL
The leaked papers, comprising 11.5 million documents from Panama-based law firm Mossack Fonseca, exposes how some of the world’s most powerful people have secreted their money offshore, and also implicated Sharif’s sons Hasan Nawaz and Hussain Nawaz.
Three of Sharif’s four children are named in the Panama Papers – daughter Maryam, who has been tipped to be his political successor and sons Hasan and Hussain – with the records showing they owned London real estate through offshore companies administered by Mossack Fonseca.
The Panama Papers have whipped up a storm of controversy over offshore wealth, ensnaring political leaders, sports figures and underworld members across the globe in the scandal.
