LHCBA for accountability of all named in Panama Leaks

LAHORE: A general house meeting of the Lahore High Court Bar Association (LHCBA) on Friday called for fair accountability of all those named in the Panama Leaks, including Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and a high court judge.

The house passed three identical resolutions on the Panama Papers. Advocates Allah Bakhsh Gondal, Raheel Kamran Cheema and Malik Zeeshan Ahmad moved the resolutions demanding fair accountability of all politicians, judges, army officers, bureaucrats and others accused of establishing offshore companies.

LHCBA President Rana Zia Abdul Rehman, Secretary Anas Abdul Rehman, Secretary Anas Ghazi, former presidents of the bar Abid Saqi and Ahmad Awais, Supreme Court Bar Association Secretary Asad Manzoor Butt, Asma Jehangir, Azam Nazir Tarar and others addressed the house.

The speakers regretted that the Panama Leaks exposed an offshore company of Justice Farrukh Irfan Khan of the LHC but no action had been taken against him so far. They said the Supreme Judicial Council should take action against the judge under Article 209 of the Constitution. The bar secretary presented the resolutions before the house which passed them unanimously.