The PML-N camp which seems to have been losing its patience with the joint investigation team probing Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and his children for their alleged off-shore holdings, declared on Wednesday that it will seek an explanation for the inclusion of the ISI and MI members in the body, warning of launching an agitation against the JIT proceedings.
Pakistan Army has long time interest to be the part of investigation. The Corps Commanders' Conference on 24th April has pledged that the army, through its members for the proposed Joint Investigation Team (JIT), would play its due role in a legal and transparent manner fulfilling confidence reposed by the apex court. In a statement, the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) stated the corps commanders discussed the verdict of Supreme Court of Pakistan in the Panama Papers case with a special reference to the JIT.
"The forum pledged that the institution, through its members in the JIT, shall play its due role in a legal and transparent manner, fulfilling [the] confidence reposed [in the military] by the apex court," the ISPR said. The forum's meeting was held in GHQ on Monday 24th April which discussed the Panama Papers case decision by the apex court with a special reference to JIT.
The officials from National Accountability Bureau (NAB), Federal Investigation Agency (FIA), State Bank of Pakistan (SBP), Securities & Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP), Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) and Military Intelligence (MI) will be part of the JIT, according to the SC order.
PML-N leaders who looked satisfied with the formation of the JIT by Supreme Court over a month ago, now want its dissolution for different reasons.
Under this law, the JIT can only hold an inquiry, but it is carrying out criminal investigation. Has any FIR been registered (against the Sharif family) that it (JIT) is carrying out a criminal investigation,” PML-N leaders asked.
Leaders also objected to duration of probe sessions, asking why the JIT members were interrogating the prime minister’s son, Hussain Nawaz, for long hours.
However Pakistan's Supreme Court dismissed the objections raised by Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif's son against members of team investigating the Sharif family's overseas businesses in connection with the Panama Papers case.