SC disposes JI’s plea seeking investigation of Panama case

ISLAMABAD: The Constitutional Bench of the Supreme Court(SC) disposed of the petition of Jamaat-e-Islami(JI) seeking complete investigation of Panama paper scandal.

The Constitutional Bench of the Supreme Court heard the plea of JI regarding the investigation of the Panama papers scandal.

During the hearing, Justice Mussarat Hilali said that the Joint Investigation Team (JIT) was formed in a specific case in Panama and she don’t know where the rest of the Panama scandal cases went.

On the remarks of Justice Mussarat, the lawyer of Jamaat-e-Islami said that this is our stand and the rest of the cases should also be investigated. On this, Deputy Prosecutor National Accountability Bureau(NAB) said that no request was made to NAB in this regard.

Justice Jamal Khan Mandokhail said that NAB can take action on any information. Justice Mussarat Hilali said that the authority of NAB has decreased after the amendments and NAB can look into the matter only according to the new amendments.

During the hearing, JI’s lawyer said, “We request that NAB investigate Panama on our request. There is an example of forming a JIT on Panama.”

Justice Jamal Mandokhail remarked that what happened in which case is not related to the court, under which law JIT was formed in Panama scandal, is there space for JIT in NAB law.

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