Qatari Prince Hamad Bin Jassim Bin Jaber Al Thani on Monday has declined for the third time to visit the Pakistani embassy to record his statement regarding the Panama Leaks issue.
Sources claim that the prince has repeatedly urged the authorities to come to his house if they want to record his statement.
The decision to not appear before the Joint Investigation Team (JIT), instituted by Supreme Court (SC), is not surprising; however, the expression of doubts in investigation procedure as well as raising the matter of transparency is a fairly recent development. The impression of doubt has been created in JIT’s interrogation with these reservations.
Qatari sources said that no witness would be ready to record the statements in such circumstances, which appeared after the disclosed photo of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s son while being questioned by JIT at the Judicial Academy.
It is important to remember that Sharif family’s lawyer produced that Qatari letter before the Supreme Court’s five-member bench to probe Panama case. The documents dated to Nov 5, 2016, from the prince who ruled Qatar from 2007 to 2013 as Prime Minister.
On the other hand, PM Nawaz Sharif’s son Hassan Nawaz appeared before JIT today (Monday) along with all the relevant documents to present to the team.
Federal Minister for Finance Ishaq Dar will face the questions prepared by the JIT at 3:00 pm today while PM Nawaz’s son Hussain Nawaz and daughter Maryam Nawaz will appear before the JIT on Tuesday and Wednesday respectively.
