SC adjourns Panamagate case until November 30

islamabad — The Supreme Court on Thursday resumed hearing the Panamagate case calling for disqualification of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and his family members, reports Dawn online.

Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf ’s counsel Hamid Khan started provision of evidence by bringing forth the Panama Papers, saying that April 3 leaks first brought the matter to light as it mentioned PM Nawaz and his family members.

Khan added that the PM had given three speeches regarding the Panama Papers. He read out two of these speeches in court today. The first speech, dated April 5, was delivered by PM Nawaz Sharif in the National Assembly, and dismissed the allegations levelled against him in the Panama leaks.

A speech also divulged the details of the PM’s assets and explained how he had acquired them, starting with the Bhutto era to the Musharraf era.

The speech also alleged that the PPP preventing the Sharif family’s factories from running.

Chief Justice of Pakistan Anwar Zaheer, who was heading the bench, raised a question about the ownership and value of the flats being discussed in the case.

Jamali asked how PM Nawaz, Shahbaz Sharif and Hussain Nawaz could prove ownership of these flats.

British Virgin Islands-based firms Nielsen Enterprises Limited and Nescoll Limited, incorporated in 1994, were not the owners of the flats based in London’s Mayfair area in 1999, Justice Azeem Saeed remarked, adding that evidence regarding the matter needs to be brought to court.

How Pm Nawaz, Shahbaz Sharif and Hussain could prove ownership of these flats Anwar Zaheer Jamali, Chief Justice of Pakistan