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SC reserves judgment in Panama Papers case ISLAMABAD: A three-judge bench of the Supreme Court reserved its judgment in Panama Papers case involving the offshore assets of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and his children on Friday. The three-member bench headed by Justice Ejaz Afzal and including Justices Sheikh Azmat Saeed and Ijazul Ahsan reserved its judgment leaving the nation to wonder about the fate of the prime minister for at least a few days more. Earlier on Friday morning, the bench resumed its hearing into the high-profile Panama Papers case involving offshore assets of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and his children. The bench is headed by Justice Ejaz Afzal. Other members are Justice Sheikh Azmat Saeed and Justice Ijazul Ahsan. Salman Akram Raja, the lawyer of Hassan Nawaz and Hussain Nawaz continued his arguments as the hearing begun. Later, Ishaq Dar’s lawyer Tariq Hassan, Akbar Tarar, the Acting Prosecutor General National Accountability Bureau (NAB) and PTI’...

ISLAMABAD: Hassan Nawaz, son of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif will appear for the third time today before the investigators probing the corruption charges anchored in Panama Papers and trace the money trail of London flats and offshore companies owned by Sharif family. Hussain Nawaz will appear before the Joint Investigation Team (JIT) tomorrow (Tuesday) and Maryam Nawaz on Wednesday (July 05). Meantime, the JIT has summoned Federal Finance Minister Ishaq Dar at 3pm today.  This is the first time the Finance Minister is appearing before JIT. According to the sources, the security has been beefed up for three days around Federal Judicial Academy —headquarter of the JIT sanctioned by Supreme Court of Pakistan. The minister has been dire cted to produce all relevant documents before the six-member team tomorrow. The joint investigation team probing offshore wealth of Sharif family in Panama Papers case has also summoned PM Nawaz Sharif’s daughter Maryam Nawaz on 5th July. Today, Pri...