Maryam wouldn’t have been summoned if PM stepped down: Sheikh Rasheed

RAWALPINDI: Awami Muslim League leader Sheikh Rasheed said on Wednesday that if Nawa Sharif had given up prime-ministership in wake of Panama Leaks issue, then Maryam wasn’t required to appear before the Joint Investigation Team.

Sheikh Rasheed was speaking to media after visiting the injured of the Bahawalpur incident.

He said that Nawaz Sharif was asked earlier to step down from the position of prime minister, but he did not pay heed.

“The politicians would wake up from a slumber within eight ten days,” said Sheikh Rasheed.

The Panama Papers case JIT has summoned Nawaz Sharif's daughter Maryam Nawaz on July 5.

Maryam Nawaz summoned by Panama case JIT on July 5

Maryam will be the sixth member of the Sharif family to be summoned by the JIT

According to sources, the premier's elder son Hussain Nawaz has been summoned on July 4 and his younger brother, Hasan, on July 3.

The summons, dated June 25, 2017, has also asked the respondent to bring forth relevant documents related to the Sharif family's financial assets.