PTI chairman says he's getting closer to 'Panama Test match' victory
June 22, 2017
ISLAMABAD: In an apparent reference to the Joint Investigation Team probe of Sharif family, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf Chairman Imran Khan said on Thursday that he is getting closer and closer to winning the "Panama Test match".
Speaking to journalists here today, Khan said he would start a massive street movement after Eid if there is an attempt to make the JIT controversial.
"They (PMLN) are preapring Maryam Nawaz as the next Prime Minister as they are now left with no any other option," he said.
"2017 is the year of election. The Chief of Army Staff has assured that polls will be transparent. Soldiers will be deployed inside and outside polling stations."
The PTI chief said that the judges have made it clear that the Qatari prince's letter would be of no worth if the Qatari royal family member does not appear before the JIT.
"We are soon going to win the Supreme Court match. The JIT report is about to come; PM Nawaz should start taking stress pills."
Responding to the allegations made by his former party leader Javed Hashmi, he said that the Rs 30 million investment by Shaukat Khanum in Thailand had been returned back to Pakistan.
The special bench of the Supreme Court has directed the Panama case Joint Investigation Team (JIT) probing the Sharif family's financial assets to submit its final report on July 10.
The direction was given after the JIT submitted its third and second-last progress report to the bench, headed by Justice Ejaz Afzal Khan and comprising Justice Ijazul Ahsan and Justice Azmat Saeed Sheikh.
The JIT, formed on May 6 in light of the Supreme Court's April 20 judgment in the Panama case, was given 60 days to complete its probe. However, since the original deadline was falling on a Friday, and with the JIT taking a day off on Eid, July 10 has been decided as the deadline to submit its final report.
On June 7, the JIT had submitted its midterm report before the special bench. The bench had expressed satisfaction with the JIT’s progress in the probe, and reiterated that the investigation has to be completed within the stipulated 60-day period.
