ISLAMABAD: For the very first time, Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif appeared before a judicial panel probing his family's offshore properties in line with the apex courts verdict in the Panamagate case, last week. “A historic day for Pakistan's judiciary, I and my whole family have presented ourselves for accountability. Is there any family in Pakistan that has appeared for accountability other than mine,” the PM asked.
He said, “My personal businesses have nothing to do with federal treasury. And no matter how many conspiracies my rivals are hatching, they will not be successful.” Ahead of appearing before the JIT, Sharif met his close aides including Finance Minister Ishaq Dar, Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan, Defence Minister Khawaja Asif, and his brother and Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif. Nawaz is the first sitting Pakistani PM to appear before a judicial panel. The JIT questioned his elder son Hussain, who has made five appearances before the panel so far. It also grilled Sharif's younger son Hassan.
