Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s elder son, Hussain Nawaz, reached the Federal Judicial Academy at 11am on Tuesday to appear once more before the Panama case Joint Investigation Team (JIT).
He was accompanied by Prime Minister’s Political Secretary Asif Kirmani and Islamabad Mayor Sheikh Ansar Aziz.
Talking to the media, Kirmani reiterated the importance of recording the Qatari prince’s statement by the JIT in its final report.
He also criticised the JIT for not sending the Qatari prince a questionnaire before his recording. “Is this not against justice,” he asked.
They are not sharing the complete facts with our main defence, he claimed, saying the JIT report will have no value without the Qatari prince’s statement.
When asked to respond to reports that a JIT member will be proceeding to Doha on July 6 to record the prince’s statement, he said “we will cross that bridge when we reach it”.
Security measures around the Federal Judicial Academy, where the JIT is based, were heightened in light of Hussain’s appearance.
The road from I-8 Interchange to the academy in Sector H-8 has also been closed of for traffic to keep a route clear for the premier’s son. Islamabad Traffic Police also issued an alternative route plan for commuters.
A number of supporters of the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz had amassed at the academy ahead of Hussain’s visit.
This will be the sixth time the premier’s elder son has been summoned by the JIT probing the Sharif family’s assets in light of the Supreme Court’s April 20 judgment.
