PM not answerable for son's business: counsel
ISLAMABAD (News92World): Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s counsel on Thursday told the
Supreme Court that the premier is not answerable to anyone for his son’s
business.
During his arguments, PM Nawaz’s counsel Makhdoom
Ali Khan contended before a five-bench larger bench hearing the Panamagate
case that no law can hold the premier questionable for his son’s business. “PM
Nawaz was not a shareholder in Gulf Steel Mills,” Khan upheld.
However, Justice Asif Saeed Khosa
observed that none of the records submitted in SC suggest PM Nawaz was not
a shareholder. While the counsel argued that the premier did not lie before the
Parliament, he admitted that there were some omissions in PM Nawaz’s speech.
“PM Nawaz only gave an overview of his
business in the speech, however, there were some omissions in it,” the
counsel stated. Meanwhile, Justice Khosa observed that PM Nawaz had
failed to give a reference about Qatari investments in his speech. “If there
were some omissions in PM Nawaz’s speech, should it be termed as a lie or half
truth?” he observed.
“What implication will Article 66 have,
which states proceedings of the parliament cannot be challenged by any court of
law,” Justice Ejaz Afzal Khan questioned.
Earlier, the apex court made it clear that
it does not need consent of the rival parties for forming a judicial commission
to further probe the Panama Papers scandal. “The Supreme Court bench does not
need consent of the parties to form a judicial commission in the matter,”
Justice Asif Saeed Khosa, who heads the Supreme Court’s five-judge larger bench
hearing the Panamagate case, said on Wednesday.
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