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Supreme court larger bench has delivered verdict in the historic Panama Leaks case saying a Joint Investigating Team to be formed to probe matter further. “How was the money transferred to Qatar, needs to be investigated”, said the judgment. The judgment said DG FIA was unable to curb white color crime. It further said, Chairman NAB was unwilling to investigate the matter that is why the court setup a Joint Investigating Team. The court ordered Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, Hassan Nawaz and Hussain to appear before the JIT. The JIT will deliver its report every two weeks to supreme court. The JIT will consist of FIA, NAB, SECP, State Bank, ISI and MI and it will complete its investigation in 60 days. It was a split decision with two judges, Justice Gulzar and Justice Khosa were in favour of de-notifying the prime minister while three judges believed prime minister should appear before the JIT to ascertain his role in the Panama case.

File photo of Qatari Prince, Hamad bin Jassim bin Jaber Al Thani. It was Qatari letter that played a key role in leading Justice Asif Saeed Khosa to call for disqualification of prime minister Nawaz Sharif. Justice Khosa believed that the letter from Qatari prince Mr. Al-Thani went against the stated position of the Prime Minister when it was juxtaposed with the speeches made by him. Prime minister in his first address to the nation had talked about a factory near Makkah but there was no mention of any factory in Dubai or real estate business in Qatar. Ironically he had named “near Makkah” as the place where they had formed their factory and not Jeddah. “My father setup a steel factory near Makkah during the days of our forced exile [Musharraf era], for which money was borrowed from Saudi banks”, said prime  minister in his first speech. Hence according to prime minister, money was borrowed from Saudi banks to setup a steel factory near Makkah. There was no mention of Dubai factory...

File photo of former prime minister Yousaf Raza Gillani (right) and current prime minister Nawaz Sharif. It’s a tale of two legal cases, two Prime Ministers and two different crimes. One was a case of contempt of court while the other was of making illegal assets, eight offshore companies in offshore tax havens, dealings in millions of dollars in property transactions, dubious business deals, money laundering, lying in the parliament, contradictory statements and so on. Both crimes were committed by the sitting Prime Ministers of Pakistan. The superior court found the first one unforgivable and ordered disqualification of the then Prime Minster Yusuf Raza Gilani. On the other hand, the second crime has allegedly been committed by the present Prime Minister and his family as revealed in the Panama leaks. The honorable court wrote in its verdict that although the prime minister could not present convincing evidence to prove him innocent, they need further investigations into the matter. ...

Ex Spokesman of Taliban and Jamaat-ul-Ahrar, Ehsanullah Ehsan. Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority has barred Geo News from airing a recorded interview of Ehsanullah Ehsan, the ex spokesperson of the outlawed TTP and Jamat ul Ahrar. The interview was recorded by Saleem Safi for his Jirga program. PEMRA’s press release states that it is against the rules of PEMRA to give air time to a terrorist or terrorist organization. “Ehsanullah Ehsan has remained spokes person of the terrorist organization TTP and has confessed to the killing of thousands of Pakistanis”, reads the press release. On April 17, DG ISPR Major General Asif Ghafoor told a media briefing that Ehsanullah Ehsan was in Army’s custody and that he voluntarily presented himself for arrest. Later, through a confessional video, Mr. Ehsan talked about how TTP mislead youth to join their organization and fight against Pakistan Army and kill innocent people. He also said that India’s spy agency RAW and Afghanistan’s NDS p...

PTI chairman Imran Khan has challenged the ruling Sharif family to bring a defamation case against him in court and he’ll disclose the name of the person who brought their 10 billion offer to him. He said this while addressing a rally in Parade Ground Islamabad. Imran Khan was informed during the rally that the Sharif family is filing defamation case against him for wrongly accusing them of offering him 10 billion rupees for keeping mum on Panama case. “They are asking me to disclose name of the person bringing their 10 billion offer to me”, said Imran Khan. “I would gladly disclose his name before of the court. “Because I will be able to ask protective cover for that person as everyone is well aware Sharifs will target him after that”, he explained. Imran Khan further said that not just him but they also offered two billion to that person if he succeeded in convincing me. PTI chairman announced country wide protests till the resignation of PM Nawaz Sharif’s resignation. He called on t...