ISLAMABAD: (Parliament Times) A five-member larger bench led by Justice Asif Saeed Khosa resumed hearing the Panama Leaks case on Wednesday
In his remarks Justice Azmat Saeed demanded that financial records of transactions between the Prime Minister and his children be shown.
Justice Asif Saeed Khosa remarked that in order to make black money white it is laundered, and that same money is sent back to Pakistan.”It is very possible that money was transferred illegally,” he said.
The hearing has been postponed till January 19 (Thursday).
During the proceedings, the Prime Minister’s counsel Makhdoom Ali Khan argued that the Prime Minister’s daughter Maryam Nawaz was not his dependent. He said that Hussain Nawaz had given money to the Prime Minister as a gift, who gave it to Maryam Nawaz. She later bought property with the money.
“Are you trying to say that this money was transferred in a bank account?” Justice Asif Saeed Khosa laughed.
The PM’s counsel argued that all transactions occurred through a bank and tax was paid on gifts, adding that Hussain Nawaz Sharif’s NTN was attached to in the evidence. The Prime Minister has not evaded any taxes, he said.
The Prime Minister’s counsel argued that everyone has the right to keep his bank details private.
He said that in the tax forms, the Prime Minister wrote Maryam Nawaz’s name as his dependent as no other option was present in the form.
Speaking outside the Supreme Court Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz leader Khawaja Saad Rafique, said that Imran Khan had a “Nawaz Sharif phobia”. “For his personal interest he wants to destroy the economy,” he said.
During the last proceedings, the PM’s counsel argued that Nawaz Sharif’s speech in the parliament could not be used as evidence in the case.