RAWALPINDI: The 202^nd Corps Commander Conference decided that the Army should play its due role in a legal and transparent manner in the Panama Leaks investigation.

Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said that the conference discussed the Panama Case verdict by the Supreme Court of Pakistan “with special reference to JIT”.

“The forum pledged that the institution, through its members in the joint investigation team, shall play its due role in a legal and transparent manner fulfilling confidence reposed by the apex court of Pakistan,” ISPR said in a statement.

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2:33 PM – 24 Apr 2017

SANA MAHMOOD

ISLAMABAD: PM’s Special Asst. on Revenue Haroon Akhtar Khan has stated here on Friday (21st April) that law did not allow opening of Panama cases in which dealings were made over five years ago.

Terming exclusion of FBR – Pakistan’s top tax monitoring body – from JIT a positive sign, Haroon Akhtar Khan maintained that manifested it has done its work.

Conversely, SC – noting that it had only issued formal notices six months after the matter became public – had shown its distrust on FBR.

SC questioned FBR’s  efficiency in pursuing those 400 Pakistanis whose names had surfaced in Panama-leaks apropos owning offshore companies.

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) has demanded the removal of NAB Chairman Qamar Zaman Chaudhry a day after the party chief Imran Khan demanded PM Nawaz’s resignation.PTI spokesperson Fawad Chaudhry, while talking to the media, said they will file a reference asking for the removal of NAB chairman from his post over his alleged failure to carry out investigations in the Panama leaks case, as pointed out by the Supreme Court.“The reference will be filed under Article 209,” he said.

Qamar Zaman’s appointment as NAB chief is like ‘legalising corruption’: SC

ISLAMABAD: Supreme Court of Pakistan said that NAB Chairman Qamar Zaman Chaudhary’s appointment as head of the national accountability watchdog was tantamount to legalizing corruption in the country.The apex court said that the NAB chairman did not play his role in the Panama Case investigation and that’s why the court ordered to form JIT.In a short order regarding Panama Case verdict, the apex court said, “in normal circumstances, such exercise could be conducted by the NAB but when its chairman appears to be indifferent and even unwilling to perform his part, we are constrained to look elsewhere and, therefore, constitute a Join Investigation Team (JIT).”Earlier, Judge Justice Gulzar Ahmed during hearing of Panama case in February asked NAB Chairman Qamar Zaman Chaudhry what action his institution had taken over the Panama Papers.The NAB chairman replied that he was aware of his duties. He said that in 2016 the case came in the Public Accounts Committee (PAC).Justice Asif Saeed Khosa asked that in the PAC, NAB had maintained that investigation was not in its circle of authority. The NAB Chairman correcting him said that he had maintained that NAB will initiate action after relevant authorities complete their formalities.