Pakistan SC asks Sharif’s family to produce money trail in Panamagate case
02:16PM Wed 19 Jul, 2017
Embattled Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Wednesday contested the graft charges against him and his family in the Supreme Court, saying the Panama probe panel did not produce any document to prove that he was the owner of the posh London flats, which are at the centre of the high-profile case.
The apex court started hearing the scandal on Monday after the Joint Investigation Team (JIT) submitted its final report on July 10, recommending that a corruption case be filed against Mr. Sharif and his family for alleged money-laundering in the 1990s, when he twice served as Prime Minister, to purchase assets in London. Opposition parties say the London flats were purchased through illegal money which Mr. Sharif and his family have rejected. But so far they are unable to satisfy the court about the source of money used to purchase these properties.