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  • Nawaz Sharif should be held accountable but Panama case is not accountability: Hashmi

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    Senior politician Javed Hashmi File photo Senior politician Javed Hashmi

    Senior politician Javed Hashmi on Wednesday said the Panama Papers case is not meant to probe the prime minister but could be a means to disqualify and oust him from power at the behest of someone else.

    The former Pakistan Muslim League - Nawaz (PML-N) leader also added that Nawaz and his son, Hussain Nawaz, should be held accountable but the Panama case was not accountability.

    The veteran politician added that the Joint Investigation Team (JIT) probing the Sharif family under orders from the apex court appears one-sided.

    “If the JIT becomes controversial, then it would be political revenge rather than accountability which would make Nawaz Sharif a victim,” said Hashmi.

    The former PTI stalwart also alleged that the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf Chairman Imran Khan had sold a party ticket to a Patwari (middleman) for Rs200 million.

    He further claimed that the PTI chairman lost charity money, collected for Shaukat Khanum Hospital, in a failed investment in Thailand.

    “This is a more severe crime than one committed by Nawaz Sharif,” said Hasmi.

    Hashmi, while talking to the media at the Multan Press Club, demanded a commission to be formed on PTI’s 2014 sit-in for investigating former army chief Raheel Sharif and the political leadership’s involvement.

    In a press conference earlier in November 2016, the veteran politican hinted at rejoining the PML-N.

    “I am a Muslim leaguer. I can go whenever I want and no one can stop me. I will make a decision pretty soon,” Hashmi told reporters.

    Hashmi also said all decision should not be made in Punjab, adding that it was fine if the province was divided but not Pakistan.

    In 2011, Hashmi who was considered a PML-N loyalist had left the party to join Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI). However, he left PTI in October 2014 after developing differences with party chairman Imran Khan over the Islamabad sit-in.