JIT’s SECP member related to PTI leader, Hussain Nawaz claims

ISLAMABAD: The five-page objections of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s son, Hussain Nawaz, against members of the investigating team probing the premier in the Panama case have been obtained by Geo News.

The objections were recently submitted with the registrar of the Supreme Court and will be taken up by the relevant bench on Monday.

Hussain has raised objections against two members of the Supreme Court-appointed Joint Investigation Team (JIT).

Hussain Nawaz expresses reservation over two JIT members

Nawaz has raised impartiality concerns on the representatives of Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP) and State Bank of Pakistan.

Hussain has claimed that the JIT member from the Security and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP), Bilal Rasool, is the nephew of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader Mian Azhar. He added that despite being a public servant, Bilal frequently speaks against the ruling federal government, while his wife is also a PTI supporter.

Regarding the JIT member from the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP), Amir Aziz, Hussain says he was part of the investigation team in the Hudaibiya Paper Mills case during the regime of former president Gen (retd) Pervez Musharraf. Aziz also threatened the premier’s cousin, Tariq Shafi, while investigating him in the Panama case, Hussain has alleged. Aziz also allegedly directed Shafi to take back his sworn statement, according to Hussain’s petition.

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Hussain has claimed that these incidents have exposed the impartiality of the two JIT members, and pleaded with the apex court to order an objective and unbiased inquiry.

The premier’s son’s petition will be taken up by the Supreme Court bench formed to oversee the JIT’s investigation on Monday.