ECP to hear reference filed against prime minister on August 3

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ECP to hear reference filed against prime minister on August 3

KARACHI: The Election Commission of Pakistan will hear a reference against Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif over Panama Leaks on August 3.

The Pakistan People’s Party, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf, Awami Muslim League and Pakistan Awami Tehreek have filed references against the prime minister.

All four references filed against the prime minister will be heard at the same time, sources said.

The Pakistan People’s Party has filed a 1000-page reference to the Election Commission of Pakistan, calling for the disqualification of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif.

The party maintains that Nawaz Sharif had defaulted Rs6 billion when he filed his nomination papers in the ECP in 2013.

The PTI filed a 72-page reference in the ECP calling for the disqualification of the prime minister for hiding his assets.

Prime Minister Nawaz has been under pressure since documents released as part of the Panama Papers data leak showed his children owned several off-shore companies and used them to buy properties in London.

He denies wrongdoing, as do his children.

Leaked confidential documents spanning over nearly 40 years that spell out the extensive use of tax havens by politicians, world leaders, and celebrities to launder money and evade taxes through one of the most secretive companies the Panamaian law firm Mossack Fonseca, had taken the world by storm.

Many Pakistanis have also been named in their revelations.