Summary According to the record, salary was taken by Nawaz Sharif, the court remarked.
ISLAMABAD (Dunya News) - Ex-prime minister Nawaz Sharif’s lawyer Khawaja Harris on Thursday told the Supreme Court (SC) that most of the documents gathered by Panama Joint Investigation Team (JIT) were from sources.
A five-member bench comprising Justice Ejaz Afzal Khan, Justice Sheikh Azmat Saeed, Justice Asif Saeed Khosa, Justice Gulzar Ahmed and Justice Ijaz-ul-Ahsan conducted the hearing of review petitions filed by Sharif family.
During the proceeding, Khawaja Harris said that the meaning and interpretation of asset is more than one word over which Justice Ejaz Afzal said that it is not written anywhere that you cannot take salary.
According to the record, salary was taken by Nawaz Sharif, the court remarked.
Khawaja Harris said Article 62 is not about showing assets however, the result of its implementation is serious. He said that disqualification is not for lifetime as per Representation of People Act.
Nawaz Sharif was ousted over FZE issue, he added.
The judge said that it’s in your benefit if evidence provided by JIT is not up to the required standard, adding the decision was given on facts.
SC had disqualified Nawaz Sharif in Panama case verdict on the basis of his non-withdrawn salary, considering it part of his assets on July 28.
