- JIT submits reply over Hussain Nawaz’s leaked picture in SC
ISLAMABAD, June 12: : The Panama case Joint Investigation Team (JIT) informed the Supreme Court on Monday that it will not be able to complete its probe in the given 60-day time period due to ‘difficulties’ created by some state institutions.
The JIT submitted its report to the special implementation bench headed by Justice Ejaz Afzal Khan and comprising Justices Sheikh Azmat Saeed and Ijazul Ahsan.
The bench observed that if hurdles are created in the work of the
JIT, they will not be able to complete their probe in time.
Justice Ahsan remarked that some departments have been accused of changing records after the JIT informed the bench that some institutions are delaying to provide relevant records.
The bench sought a reply from the Attorney General’s Office over the JIT’s objections.
Meanwhile, Joint Investigation Team (JIT) submitted a reply over leaked picture of Prime Minister (PM) Nawaz Sharif’s son Hussain Nawaz in Supreme Court (SC).
During the hearing, Justice Ejaz Afzal asked the Attorney General to thoroughly review the reply submitted by the team in order to launch investigation against the one who took the photo and then leaked it.
He said that how will the team perform its duties with such kind of security threats. He said that a deadline has also been given to the JIT. Meanwhile, Justice Ijaz-ul-Hassan said that JIT has leveled serious allegations in its petition, prepared by the FIA Additional Director General himself besides Irfan Naeem Mangi of the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) Balochistan, after which a formal reply has been sought from Attorney General as early as possible.
Justice Ejaz said that those recording statements in JIT write letters to SC while there are dozens of complaints regarding putting pressure on departments for the records.
Lawyer of Hussain Nawaz told the court that issue related to video recording during JIT proceeding also needs to be addressed over which, Justice Ejaz asked him whether he wants to respond without reading JIT’s reply.
The top court will be hearing JIT’s issues two days ahead of PM Nawaz’s appearance before the team who was summoned to answer questions on June 15. -DNA
