Siraj kickstarts contacts with opposition parties

Consensus ToRs

Says judicial commission should complete its work within 25 days

LAHORE: Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) Ameer Senator Sirajul Haq on Wednesday started conatcting the opposition parties to thrash out consensus Terms of Reference (ToRs) for the judicial commission to probe the PanamaLeaks.

He proposed that the judicial commission to be set up for the enquiry of PanamaLeaks should first determine its deadline for completing the task which should not be more than 25 days and the process should begin from the prime minister.

Addressing a press conference at Mansoora, he said that Pakistan had agreements for exchange of information with the countries of the world, and information about the plundered wealth deposited by the rulers and others in different countries should be obtained.

The NAB and all other investigating agencies should extend full cooperation to the judicial commission.

Sirajul Haq pointed out that the JI had, from the very beginning, been demanding that the prime minister should follow the example of other rulers and step down to ensure an impartial enquiry and resume his office after being declared clean. However, he said, this demand had not been accepted.

He said that all those who had got huge bank loans written off and whose names had appeared in the PanamaLeaks should also be brought to book. He said he was in touch with Leader of the Opposition in the National Assembly Syed Khursheed Shah, PTI’s Shah Mehmud Qureshi, and PML-Q’s Ch Pervaiz Elahi and others with an aim that the opposition should submit joint ToRs and there was no grouping among them.

He said the JI would also request the Supreme Court that the judicial commission should present its report to the apex court and not to the government.