SANA MAHMOOD

ISLAMABAD:  When Salman Akram Raja – advocate of Maryam, Hassan and Hussain Nawaz – commenced arguments today before the three-member SC bench headed by Justice Ejaz Afzal, the judges expressed annoyance noting the way all the documents were discussed in the Media outside the court.

However, advocate Raja maintaining that he has not given any documents to the Media submitted papers including:

i)  acquired from Abu Dhabi customs to show that scrap and machinery from the Gulf Steel Mills did move from Dubai after its liquidation;

ii) invoice from Ahli Steel Company verifying the shipment of dismantled rolling mill equipment from the Al-Azizia Steel Company;

iii)  a document from JPCA Ltd, an accountancy firm, dealing with the ownership of Nescoll and Neilsen;

iv) from Minerva Financial Services Limited, the holding firm for both companies;

v)  confirming an agreement between PM’s cousin Tariq Shafi and Mohammad Abdullah Ahli for the sale of his 25pc shares in Ahli Steel.

Justice Ejaz Afzal said that from the first day (one year ago) they have been asking about the money trail that PM’s family failed to answer.

Justice Ijazul Ahsan reminded that PTI advocate had insinuated that Maryam had furnishing fabricated (bogus) documents to the court and registering a criminal case against her had also been recommended.

During the forth hearing it transpired that many of the papers submitted could be forged on the basis that: signature of identified size and structure are present on varied documents; verification was carried out on 4th February, 2006 when there was a public holiday in UK…

It is pertinent to mention here that hearing in Supreme Court resumed after JIT provided report of its investigations apropos accusation of money laundering by Sharif clan.

The hearing has been adjourned till tomorrow (21st of July, 2017).