Summary Applications have been submitted in Supreme Court (SC) for the new legal team.
LAHORE (Dunya News) – After the formation of a new bench, Sharif family has also changed its legal team in the Panama papers case.
Applications have been submitted in Supreme Court (SC) for the new legal team.
Prime Minister (PM) Nawaz Sharif has replaced Salman Aslam Butt with Makhdoom Ali Khan whereas Hussain Nawaz and Hassan Nawaz’s new lawyer will be Salman Akram Raja in place of Akram Sheikh.
Besides this, Maryam Nawaz will be defended by Shahid Hamid instead of Akram Sheikh and Salman Aslam Butt.
Earlier, newly-elected Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Justice Saqib Nisar had formed a five-member larger bench that will hear the Panama Papers case.
A five-member bench consists of Justice Ejaz Afzal, Justice Gulzar Ahmad, Justice Azmat Saeed Sheikh and Justice Ijazul Ahsan.
The bench will be headed by Justice Asif Saeed Khosa however, Justice Amir Hani Muslim who was part of the previous bench in the case has not been included in the new bench.
The apex court will hear the case on January 4.
On December 9, hearing of Panama Papers case was adjourned by former CJP Anwar Zaheer Jamali till first week of January.
