Never feared accountability in past, won't fear it now: PM
Legal team briefed PM Nawaz on the TORs regarding Panama leaks investigation
ISLAMABAD (Dunya News) – Prime Minister (PM) Nawaz Sharif has said that Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) has never feared accountability in the past and would not fear it now, Dunya News reported Wednesday.
The Prime Minister chaired a meeting of legal experts and government members in the federal capital to review Terms Of References (TORs) jointly prepared by opposition parties for the judicial commission that will be probing Panama leaks issue.
The Prime Minister was briefed about the TORs compiled by the opposition. He directed the legal team to review the TORs in detail.
In a meeting held earlier, the Prime Minister had decided that the government would accept Supreme Court’s verdict in Panama leaks probe. PM once again stated that the court might start accountability process with him and his family. He added that the judicial commission would prove his honesty and would expose the lies of his political opponents.
Earlier after opposition parties had finalised their joint TORs on Tuesday, PML-N’s MNA Talal Chaudhry had said that the nation rejects such Terms of References which were allegedly introduced to facilitate certain members of Imran Khan’s party.
Chaudhry insisted in an exclusive talk with Dunya News that the opposition could not omit any of the TORs forwarded by the government. He alleged the opposition parties of consensual omission of a clause regarding tax evasion and writing off debts to save some of its prominant faces.
TORs could be added but not deleted, he added.
On the other hand, Leader of the Opposition in National Assembly (NA) and Pakistan People’s Party’s (PPP) senior leader Khursheed Shah stated that the opposition would write a letter to the PM regarding the TORs. He added that the TORs prepared by the opposition parties would formally be sent to the Prime Minister through with letter.
A committee formed by opposition parties convened a meeting on Tuesday at Opposition Leader in the Senate, Aitzaz Ahsan’s residence in Islamabad.
The committee had finalised TORs over Panama leaks in the meeting. Aitzaz Ahsan, while talking to the media afterwards disclosed that opposition parties could not develop consensus over demanding PM s resignation. However, they agreed on initiating the probe with Sharif s family.
Know more: Opposition parties agree on unanimous TORs
According to the TORs, Sharif family should be the first in line in probe by the Supreme Court (SC). Investigation into illegal offshore dealings by premier’s family should conclud within three months while the rest of the persons named in Panama leaks should be held accountable within a year.
