Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif is chairing an important meeting of Pakistan Muslim League – Nawaz (PML-N) leaders after the Supreme Court reserved its judgement in the Panama Papers case on Friday.
Punjab Chief Minister Shehbaz Sharif arrived in the federal capital for the meeting which is also being attended by federal ministers and advisers. The legal team of the prime minister in the Panama Papers was also summoned to the PM House where the meeting is taking place.
The meeting will review the situation following developments in the Supreme Court. According to sources, the legal team is briefing the prime minister on the Panama Papers case.
Sources revealed that Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan is not present in the meeting. The minister is reportedly present in the Punjab House where he is dealing with ‘routine official work’.
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Reports had surfaced earlier that Nisar, a senior PML-N figure, was displeased with the way the Panama Papers case was handled by the premier on ‘advice of certain ministers’.
Reserving its judgement, the three member bench hearing the Panama Papers case observed that matters pertaining to the PM’s disqualification would be evaluated and the apex court would not back down from its decision.
During Friday’s hearing, the bench also directed for the confidential Volume X of the JIT report to be made available to the premier’s counsel, Khawaja Harris. The judges remarked that they want to keep everything transparent.
The bench observed that it will operate strictly within the remits of the law and not trample anyone’s individual rights.
