In a setback to Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, a Supreme Court ordered probe panel in its final report on the Panamagate on Monday recommended filing of a corruption case against him and his children after finding “significant” disparities in their income and actual wealth.
The six-member Joint Investigation Team (JIT) that probed the Sharif family’s business dealings in its report submitted on Monday to the apex court recommended that a reference (corruption case) should be filed against Sharif and his sons Hassan Nawaz and Hussain Nawaz, as well as daughter Maryam Nawaz, under Section 9 of the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) ordinance 1999.
The JIT report said the assets of all four respondents were found to be more than the sources of their income.
“Significant gap/disparity amongst the known and declared sources of income and the wealth accumulated by the Respondent No1, 6, 7 and 8 have been observed,” the JIT observed in its concluding remarks.
Respondent 1 refers to Prime Minister Sharif; Respondent 6 was Maryam; Respondent 7 Hussain; while Respondent 8 was Hassan.
The report said the financial structure and health of companies in Pakistan having linkage to Sharif family also do no substantiate their wealth.