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Sharif family discriminated through 'ruthless accountability' :Maryam Nawaz
June 12, 2017, 11:55 am
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The story of ruthless accountability of 3 GENERATIONS (including the dead) of one family. Not the 1st time though, reeks of discrimination.
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She also stated that this was not the first time it was happening.
Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif will appear before the Joint Investigation Team (JIT),probing his family’s assets on the direction of the apex court, on June 15.
Sources in the government confirmed receiving summons from the JIT at the Prime Minister’s House on Saturday, when the prime minister was in Astana to attend the SCO summit meeting.
Nawaz Sharif is required to appear before the investigators on Thursday at 11:30am in connection with the Panama leaks investigations, wherein his family faces allegations of money laundering and accumulating assets through illegal means.
Information Minister for State Marriyum Aurangzeb also confirmed receiving of the summons and said the prime minister will appear before the investigation team at Federal Judicial Academy.
PM’s sons, Hussain Nawaz and Hassan Nawaz, have already appeared before the JIT a number of times.
http://nation.com.pk/national/12-Ju...-through-ruthless-accountability-maryam-nawaz
Pakistan's Sharif to be questioned over family's wealth
FILE PHOTO: Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif looks out the window of his plane after attending a ceremony to inaugurate the M9 motorway between Karachi and Hyderabad, Pakistan February 3, 2017. REUTERS/Caren Firouz/Files
By Syed Raza Hassan | KARACHI, PAKISTAN
Pakistan's Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif will be questioned on Thursday by investigators probing how his family obtained its vast wealth, the first time a sitting Pakistani premier has appeared before any investigative agency.
Sharif's office on Monday confirmed the prime minister had received a summons by the Joint Investigation Team (JIT), set up by the Supreme Court to investigate corruption claims that surfaced following the Panama Papers leak. It said he would be attending an interview on Thursday.
Pakistan's stock market slumped 4 percent as the news sent shudders through investors, fearful that instability in its fragile democracy would undermine an economy that has shown stronger growth in recent years.
Sharif has denied any wrongdoing over his family allegedly using offshore companies to buy luxury flats in a posh London neighborhood, and said his family wealth was acquired legally.
His spokesman did not respond to requests for comment over the latest development.
In April, the Supreme Court ruled that there was insufficient evidence to remove Sharif from office on the back of Panama Papers leaks, but it ordered further investigations.
The JIT team comprises members of civilian agencies, such as the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA), as well as members of powerful military bodies, including the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) agency.
The JIT's work has become highly politicized in recent weeks. Sharif's camp has sought to remove two members of the JIT team, and his PML-N party voiced outrage over a leaked photograph taken from security camera footage showing Sharif's son, Hussain, appearing before the JIT.
According to the summons document, seen by Reuters, JIT asked the Prime Minister's office to bring "all relevant record/documents/material" to the interview at its office in the capital, Islamabad on Thursday.
"It’s a litmus test of our laws that are all citizens are equal in front of law, so we believe that Nawaz Sharif should appear before JIT in this case," said Naeem ul Haque, spokesman for opposition Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party.
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If Sharif survives the JIT probe, opinion polls suggest he is favorite to win the next election, due by June 2018. Sharif, a three-time prime minister, was ousted twice in the 1990s, including by a military coup in 1999, but he swept back to power in an election in 2013.
The internal political tensions have coincided with a fresh bout of tension with arch rival India. Pakistan's Foreign Office summoned India's deputy high commissioner on Monday after an outbreak of cross-border shelling in the disputed Kashmir region, in which it said one person was killed and several wounded.
(Writing by Drazen Jorgic; Editing by Simon Cameron-Moore)
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-pakistan-politics-idUSKBN193116?il=0
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June 12, 2017, 11:55 am
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The story of ruthless accountability of 3 GENERATIONS (including the dead) of one family. Not the 1st time though, reeks of discrimination.
2:04 PM - 11 Jun 2017
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She also stated that this was not the first time it was happening.
Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif will appear before the Joint Investigation Team (JIT),probing his family’s assets on the direction of the apex court, on June 15.
Sources in the government confirmed receiving summons from the JIT at the Prime Minister’s House on Saturday, when the prime minister was in Astana to attend the SCO summit meeting.
Nawaz Sharif is required to appear before the investigators on Thursday at 11:30am in connection with the Panama leaks investigations, wherein his family faces allegations of money laundering and accumulating assets through illegal means.
Information Minister for State Marriyum Aurangzeb also confirmed receiving of the summons and said the prime minister will appear before the investigation team at Federal Judicial Academy.
PM’s sons, Hussain Nawaz and Hassan Nawaz, have already appeared before the JIT a number of times.
http://nation.com.pk/national/12-Ju...-through-ruthless-accountability-maryam-nawaz
Pakistan's Sharif to be questioned over family's wealth
FILE PHOTO: Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif looks out the window of his plane after attending a ceremony to inaugurate the M9 motorway between Karachi and Hyderabad, Pakistan February 3, 2017. REUTERS/Caren Firouz/Files
By Syed Raza Hassan | KARACHI, PAKISTAN
Pakistan's Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif will be questioned on Thursday by investigators probing how his family obtained its vast wealth, the first time a sitting Pakistani premier has appeared before any investigative agency.
Sharif's office on Monday confirmed the prime minister had received a summons by the Joint Investigation Team (JIT), set up by the Supreme Court to investigate corruption claims that surfaced following the Panama Papers leak. It said he would be attending an interview on Thursday.
Pakistan's stock market slumped 4 percent as the news sent shudders through investors, fearful that instability in its fragile democracy would undermine an economy that has shown stronger growth in recent years.
Sharif has denied any wrongdoing over his family allegedly using offshore companies to buy luxury flats in a posh London neighborhood, and said his family wealth was acquired legally.
His spokesman did not respond to requests for comment over the latest development.
In April, the Supreme Court ruled that there was insufficient evidence to remove Sharif from office on the back of Panama Papers leaks, but it ordered further investigations.
The JIT team comprises members of civilian agencies, such as the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA), as well as members of powerful military bodies, including the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) agency.
The JIT's work has become highly politicized in recent weeks. Sharif's camp has sought to remove two members of the JIT team, and his PML-N party voiced outrage over a leaked photograph taken from security camera footage showing Sharif's son, Hussain, appearing before the JIT.
According to the summons document, seen by Reuters, JIT asked the Prime Minister's office to bring "all relevant record/documents/material" to the interview at its office in the capital, Islamabad on Thursday.
"It’s a litmus test of our laws that are all citizens are equal in front of law, so we believe that Nawaz Sharif should appear before JIT in this case," said Naeem ul Haque, spokesman for opposition Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party.
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If Sharif survives the JIT probe, opinion polls suggest he is favorite to win the next election, due by June 2018. Sharif, a three-time prime minister, was ousted twice in the 1990s, including by a military coup in 1999, but he swept back to power in an election in 2013.
The internal political tensions have coincided with a fresh bout of tension with arch rival India. Pakistan's Foreign Office summoned India's deputy high commissioner on Monday after an outbreak of cross-border shelling in the disputed Kashmir region, in which it said one person was killed and several wounded.
(Writing by Drazen Jorgic; Editing by Simon Cameron-Moore)
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-pakistan-politics-idUSKBN193116?il=0
Intl media has a soft corner for baboons still to this day