ISLAMABAD, July 2: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s cousin Tariq Shafi arrives at the Federal Judicial Complex to appear before the Panamagate JIT on Sunday, July 2, 2017. PHOTO: EXPRESS
The joint investigation team (JIT), tasked to probe the Sharif family’s offshore assets, interrogated Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s cousin Tariq Shafi for the second time on Sunday.
Shafi, a key witness in the Panama Papers case, was grilled by the six-member team for three hours on Hudabiya Paper Mills and Gulf Steel Mills, allegedly owned by the Sharif brothers, according to Express News.
The ruling family has mentioned Shafi as the legal owner in all the official documents, business transactions and agreements since the establishment of Gulf Steel Mills in 1970s. Talking to reporters
outside the Federal Judicial Academy after his appearance before the JIT, Shafi said neither did he submit any document nor was he asked to reappear before the investigative body. He, however, shunned a question on the JIT member’s attitude and left with State Minister for Water and Power Abid Sher Ali. In his earlier appearance before the JIT, Shafi had moved a complaint against the ‘misbehaviour’ of a few members of the investigative body. The JIT has also summoned prime minister’s sons Hassan Nawaz and Hussain Nawaz, and daughter Maryam Nawaz. The six-member body, headed by FIA Additional DG Wajid Zia, is due to present its report before the top court on July 10. PM Nawaz, Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif, PM’s son-in-law Captain (retd) Safdar Awan have also recorded their statement before the JIT.-Agencies
