NAB chairman appears before Panama Papers JIT

ISLAMABAD: Chairman National Accountability Bureau (NAB) Qamar Zaman Chaudhry reached the Federal Judicial Academy on Wednesday after being summoned by the Joint Investigation Team (JIT) probing the Panama Papers case. 

Chaudhry reached the academy with all relevant documents pertaining to the case. 

Chaudhry presented the minute sheet of a NAB session held on Jan 28, 2014, to the JIT officials along with copies of NAB`s judgement on Hudaibiya Paper Mills case, according to the documents available with Geo News.

The NAB chairman was summoned earlier in the week and was asked by the JIT to bring documents relevant to the case. 

Earlier today, daughter of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, Maryam Nawaz, made her first appearance before the JIT. 

The premier's daughter reiterated the claims of her family members and said the investigation team does not have a case against the Sharif family. 

Maryam said she had answered all the questions asked by the JIT members. 

"I asked them once their questions ended what we are accused of? They did not have an answer," said Maryam. 

The JIT, formed on May 5 in light of the Supreme Court's April 20 judgment in the Panama Papers 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 for the JIT to submit its final report to the court's special implementation bench.