ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N)has fully rejected the report of joint investigation team (JIT) onPanama case and would exercise all legal options to challenge itin the Supreme Court of Pakistan.
Addressing a joint press conference on Saturday, Minister for Capital Administration and Development Division, Dr Tariq Fazal Chaudhry andsenior leader PML-N Daniyal Aziz termed JIT report as inconclusiveand without having any solid evidence on any allegation.
Dr Tariq Fazal said that the JIT report left many questionsunanswered as it lacked verification of many facts. He added thatthe JIT had only mandate to having investigation on ownership ofLondon flats.
However, he added the report lacked essential evidence as itcould not even prove that Mayfair flats were owned by the Sharif
family even before 2006.
He said that JIT remained busy in collecting evidences todamage the image of Sharif family which was against its mandate.
Hesaid that despite hectic efforts, the JIT failed to proveaccusations of money laundering, concealment of wealth or taxevasion on the Prime Minister.
He added not a single evidence was attached with the report toshow PM’s involvement in any such matter during his 35 years
political career.
“This is ample proof that the Prime Minister NawazSharif and Chief Minister Punjab Shahbaz Sharif never ever misusedtheir powers rather they saved billion rupees in many developmentprojects.
He said that all the exercise was done to tarnish the image ofPrime Minister Nawaz Sharif and his family and nothing. He said
that Nawaz Sharif was enjoying overwhelm support of the nation.
He said that Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif governed the countryin a transparent manner. As prime minister he had completed severalprojects while the JIT could not find any corruption proof in theseprojects.
Daniyal Aziz while quoting some portions of the report saida thorough analysis of the report had proved that the JIT team
itself was not clear about its findings and many legal doubts couldbe found in the report.
He asked the leaders of Pakistan Peoples Party and Jamat-e-Islami to discuss this report with legal experts first and than give
opinion on it as there were many doubts and confusions on JIT’sside.
Interestingly, the JIT in its report had tried to link thepossession of London apartment with the prime minister just because
he usually stayed in that apartment whenever he visited London.
He added, the JIT claimed that as per the statement of HussainNawaz Sharif, Nawaz Sharif stayed in this apartment while he was
sick in nineties, and this exclusive use of the apartment makes him thesole beneficiary of the apartment as far as possession is concerned,Daniyal Aziz said quoting the report.
He questioned how the possession of the apartment could belinked with the prime minister just on the basis of his stay.
Quoting another portion of the report, Daniyal Aziz saida word “Most likely” was used by the JIT on page 73 of the report
with title “conclusive findings” with regard to beneficial ownershipof Mayfair apartments.
“This shows that the JIT had no solid documents to prove ownershipof apartments and it just tried to involve the prime minister withouthaving facts,” he added.
Presenting another example of JIT’s ambiguity on allegations,Daniyal Aziz quoted a paragraph of JIT report which says, “Having
gone through financial details of companies/ bank accounts anddeclarations FBR record, it seems that Respondent No 1 is in
possession of assets beyond known sources of income”.
He said it was very unfortunate that the jointinvestigation team (JIT) was still continuing its activities at FederalJudicial Academy.
He said according to the last order of the court a completeinvestigation report had been submitted by the JIT. He questioned
why the JIT had still continued its work even after the submission ofthe report?.
He said it was a matter of great concern that the JIT wasstill working which clearly showed its intention from its wording as
mentioned in the report as quoted, “Efforts to pursue the matterfurther are however underway.”
He said the JIT also stated in its report that their workwas still “ongoing”. He questioned what JIT wanted to show and that
was it not against justice.