Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf Chairman Imran Khan said on Monday that Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif should resign before the Joint Investigation Team’s session on June 15 (Thursday), for which he has been summoned to record his statement.
Imran Khan was speaking to media, where he said that the JIT was facing hurdles. The people who were subordinate to the PM and ruling party would not be able to investigate the matter, said the PTI chief.
Imran said that Nawaz Sharif was a criminal and facing allegation of money laundering which was a serious offence. The PTI Chief demanded that the report of the issues faced by the JIT should be made public as well.
‘No one trusts a PM abroad, who is facing criminal investigation back at home’, said Imran, adding that the Qatari letter was also a hoax, as the royal family members have refused to appear before the JIT.
Meanwhile, Punjab Law Minister Rana Sanaullah said that PM was due to appear before the JIT on Thursday.
Also on Monday, the Panama case JIT informed the apex court that it will be unable to complete its probe in the given 60 days time period due to ‘difficulties’ created by some state institutions. In a statement issued to the media on Sunday night, the PM House confirmed having received the summons from the JIT and said the premier would appear before it on June 15. The JIT has already questioned the premier’s elder son five times and his younger son, Hassan Nawaz, twice.
The decision was hailed by the PTI chief, who took to Twitter to express his views. However, his opinion did not go well with former PM late Benazir Bhutto’s daughter Assefa Bhutto Zardari.