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PML-N leaders U-turn on JIT; Question ISI, MI involvement
The PML-N government has done a backflip on its stance regarding inclusion of the two representatives of MI and ISI in the Panamagate JIT probing Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and his children for their alleged off-shore holdings. A PML-N spokesperson declared on Wednesday that it will seek an explanation for the inclusion of the two military representatives in the body, and went on to threaten to launch an agitation against the JIT proceedings.
The PML-N leaders who looked content with the formation of the JIT by Supreme Court over a month ago, now interestingly want its dissolution for different reasons.
“WhatsApp call (reportedly from Supreme Court registrar) for inclusion of two members (one from the State Bank and other from Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan), leak of Hussain Nawaz’s picture facing his interrogators, JIT members’ pressure tactics and question mark over the expertise of the two members of the JIT — one each from ISI and MI ─ are the reasons enough for the PML-N to go for an agitation against it (JIT),” Dawn quoted Punjab government spokesman Malik Ahmed Khan’s statement on Wednesday.
Read More: PML-N’s latest bid to pressure Panama JIT
“Our reservations against the JIT are well-founded and we may go for an agitation against it,” Malik Ahmed Khan threatened.
“As we already had challenged the inclusion of two members ─ Amer Aziz of SBP and Bilal Rasool of SECP ─ in the SC, we are going to seek an explanation that on what grounds the ISI and MI members have been made part of the JIT. We want to know their expertise,” Mr. Khan is quoted to have said. He added that the JIT had been constituted under 184 Civil Procedure Code, however, it was exceeding its legal mandate.
“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,” he queried.
“Our reservations against the JIT are well-founded and we may go for an agitation against it,” Malik Ahmed Khan threatened.
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The PML-N government has done a backflip on its stance regarding inclusion of the two representatives of MI and ISI in the Panamagate JIT probing Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and his children for their alleged off-shore holdings. A PML-N spokesperson declared on Wednesday that it will seek an explanation for the inclusion of the two military representatives in the body, and went on to threaten to launch an agitation against the JIT proceedings.
The PML-N leaders who looked content with the formation of the JIT by Supreme Court over a month ago, now interestingly want its dissolution for different reasons.
“WhatsApp call (reportedly from Supreme Court registrar) for inclusion of two members (one from the State Bank and other from Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan), leak of Hussain Nawaz’s picture facing his interrogators, JIT members’ pressure tactics and question mark over the expertise of the two members of the JIT — one each from ISI and MI ─ are the reasons enough for the PML-N to go for an agitation against it (JIT),” Dawn quoted Punjab government spokesman Malik Ahmed Khan’s statement on Wednesday.
Read More: PML-N’s latest bid to pressure Panama JIT
“Our reservations against the JIT are well-founded and we may go for an agitation against it,” Malik Ahmed Khan threatened.
“As we already had challenged the inclusion of two members ─ Amer Aziz of SBP and Bilal Rasool of SECP ─ in the SC, we are going to seek an explanation that on what grounds the ISI and MI members have been made part of the JIT. We want to know their expertise,” Mr. Khan is quoted to have said. He added that the JIT had been constituted under 184 Civil Procedure Code, however, it was exceeding its legal mandate.
“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,” he queried.
“Our reservations against the JIT are well-founded and we may go for an agitation against it,” Malik Ahmed Khan threatened.
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