FBR not providing complete wealth record of rulers - FINANCIAL-24
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ISLAMABAD: The Joint Investigation Team (JIT), tasked to probe the Sharif family's assets, has informed the Supreme Court (SC) that the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) is not providing complete wealth record of the ruling family.
During Thursday's hearing of the Panamagate case by a three-judge implementation bench of the apex court headed by Justice Ejaz Afzal Khan, JIT head Wajid Zia said the probe body wrote three letters to the revenue board, asking whether the record was not submitted by the Sharifs or if it was stolen from the FBR office, but no reply was received.
Expressing serious concern and indignation, the top court bench observed that it was a clear case of defiance shown by the institution. "Does this mean the record has been stolen?" asked Justice Ijazul Ahsan, observing that the court may summon FBR head if record was not provided.
Another member of the bench, Justice Azmat Saeed Sheikh, observed that the 'foot-dragging' would not go in favour of the ruling family.
"No foot dragging. We are at the last scratch of the investigation. Our patience is running out," Justice Azmat asked the AGP.
The bench went on to ask the JIT head to submit a complete list of documents which are not being provided by the FBR. However, Attorney General for Pakistan (AGP) Ashtar Ausaf Ali assured the bench that the available record would soon be provided to the JIT.
Meanwhile, in response to an inquiry made by the bench members, Zia said the investigative body did not reveal the name of the person who leaked Hussain Nawaz's picture during interrogation for security reasons.
Upon this, the bench asked the AGP to submit a written response on behalf of the government to ascertain whether it had any reservation on the disclosure of the suspect's identity. "The AGP has better sense of security concerns and if he does not have an objection on the disclosure of the person's name then the JIT should have no issue," Justice Khan remarked.
The bench further directed the JIT to submit its final investigation report on July 10.
Agencies add: Heading to the last phase, the JIT rejected Captain (Retd) Safdar's application of changing the date of his hearing and directed him to appear on June 24 as per initial orders. The team will also hold interrogation from former Interior Minister Rehman Malik on June 23.
Justice Ejaz asked the government institutions to cooperate with JIT as there will be no good result of the investigation without the assistance of the departments.
Meanwhile, a plea seeking replacement of Federal Investigation Agency's (FIA) Additional Director-General Wajid Zia as head of Panama Joint Investigation Team (JIT) was submitted in Supreme Court (SC) on Thursday.
According to the petition, the plaintiff said that Wajid Zia didn't go to Qatar to record prince's statement in Panama Papers case despite travel allowances. He claimed that JIT chief has no interest in accountability.
It further demanded to appoint that leader who can bring back the looted money.
On the other hand, JIT will submit its third progress report that was being prepared in the light of thorough interrogation from Prime Minister (PM) Nawaz Sharif, Chief Minister (CM) Punjab Shahbaz Sharif and PM's sons Hussain and Hassan Nawaz in SC.
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