PM’s children may face prosecution for submitting forged documents: SC

ISLAMABAD: Supreme Court Judge Ijazul Ahsen on Thursday said Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s children may face consequences for submitting forged documents to the joint investigation team (JIT) probing Panamagate case.

The SC judge, who is part of a three-judge implementation bench, said the Government of Dubai has revealed that the documents of Gulf Steel Mills provided by the Sharif family were forged. “Dubai Customs has no record of transportation of machinery of Gulf Steel Mills from Dubai to Saudi Arabia,” he observed.

Justice Ijaz also asked the counsel for PM’s children, Salman Akram Raja, why the family did not explain how they paid Rs21 million liability after the selling of Al Azizia Mills in Saudi Arabia and how Rs63 million was transferred to Hussain Nawaz’s account.

Another judge of the top court, Justice Azmat Saeed Sheikh, observed it has been confirmed that Maryam is the beneficial owner of London flats. “It is not allegation but a matter of fact that Maryam is the beneficial owner of the flats,” Justice Ejaz Afzal Khan observed.

On this, the counsel for PM Nawaz’s family said the JIT did not confront his clients on the material which was collected by the probing team adding that they could not be prosecuted in this matter.

Raja also said there was no allegation of wrongdoing against his clients. However, the SC bench responded to him by saying that the allegation against PM Nawaz’s children is that they forged the documents and therefore they should be prosecuted for the forgery.

Source: The Express Tribune