Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s counsel Salman Akram Raja on Saturday submitted a written response to the Supreme Court against Sheikh Rasheed’s petition to disqualify the PM under Articles 62 and 63 of the Constitution.
The reply stated that Sheikh Rasheed had only levied accusations and failed to present evidence in his petition, and thus should be fined and his petition discarded.
The reply noted that Sheikh Rasheed demand that the PM is tried under Articles 62 and 63 could not be entertained, as there is no judicial forum that has given a verdict against a PM on the basis of these articles.
The reply also noted that the PM had not been named in the Panama Papers, nor is he a beneficial owner of the offshore companies mentioned in the scandal.
The PM’s counsel attached extra evidence to the reply, including documents that purportedly tie Imran Khan to an offshore company, records from Khan’s company from 1983 to 2014, and the record of the dissolution of the company in 2015.
Salman Akram also submitted the documents from Jahangir Tareen’s election application, documentation from the Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan’s past action against Tareen, a confessional statement from Jahangir Tareen regarding the illegal buying and selling of shares, as well as a notice sent by the Federal Bureau of Revenue to Tareen.
