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Panama Papers: Nawaz Sharif escapes disqualification but Pakistan SC orders JIT probe into money trail

Major relief for Pakistan PM Nawaz Sharif.

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In a relief to Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, the Supreme Court on Thursday decided to set up a Joint Investigation Team (JIT) to probe his involvement in the high profile Panamagate case, 

The court has ordered Sharif and his two sons - Hasan and Hussain - to appear before the JIT.

The five-judge bench comprising Justice Asif Saeed Khosa, Justice Gulzar Ahmed, Justice Ejaz Afzal Khan, Justice Azmat Saeed and Justice Ijazul Ahsan issued the judgement.

According to Dawn News, Justice Khosa asserted that the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) and National Accountability Bureau (NAB) had been unsuccessful in playing their role effectively.

Report said that the two judges from the bench said that Sharif should be disqualified, however, three judges favoured further investigation.

Meanwhile, the premier's daughter, Maryam Nawaz, tweeted a photo of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, his family and PML-N leaders celebrating the verdict.

The case was launched on November 3 and the court held 35 hearings before concluding the proceedings on February 23.

The case was based on several identical petitions by Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf chief Imran Khan and others about alleged illegal assets of the family of Sharif in London.

The assets surfaced when Panama papers showed that they were managed through offshore companies owned by Sharif's children.

The petitioners have asked the court to disqualify 67- year-old Sharif under Article 62 and 63 of the constitution because he was involved in corruption and was no more "honest" and "truthful" as given in the Constitution.

It is generally believed the court may not disqualify the Prime Minister but it may pass comments which will bring a lot of moral pressure on Sharif to step down.

(With agency inputs)

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