ISLAMABAD: Members of the Joint Investigation Team (JIT) probing the Panama case at the Supreme Court have initiated preparations to interrogate the prime minister and his family on Monday (today).

The JIT, led by Federal Investigation Agency’s (FIA) head Wajid Zia, obtained the relevant records from the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP), National Accountability Bureau (NAB) and State Bank of Pakistan (SBP). The records were thoroughly reviewed and questions arising prepared to be posed to the PM and his family.

On May 11, the JIT asked the ECP to provide the PM’s asset declaration, sources are reported to have informed. The ECP received the JIT’s letter on May 10, which asked for asset declarations from 2013 to 2016, sources added, further adding that the team had assigned a deadline of three days to ECP for submission of relevant records.

ECP’s secrecy branch compiled a file of the asset declaration and sent it to the chief election commissioner, as per the sources. The JIT also asked for the asset declaration of the PM’s son-in-law, Captain Safdar.

On May 10, during the JIT session, the team decided upon the investigation method to probe into the Panama Papers case. The team of investigators also decided to seek assistance from FIA and experts in the private sector.