The Supreme Court in Pakistan will deliver its verdict today in the high-profile Panama Papers case involving the country’s Prime Minster Nawaz Sharif and his family. Elections in Pakistan next year have increased the significance of the verdict for Sharif and his PML-N party.
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Apr 20, 2017 10:08 am (IST)
Cricketer-turned-politician Imran Khan Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) is the main petitioner in the Panama case involving alleged illegal money laundering by Sharif in 1990s.
Apr 20, 2017 9:55 am (IST)
The assets surfaced when Panama papers showed that they were managed through offshore companies owned by Sharif’s family.
Apr 20, 2017 9:54 am (IST)
The case essentially seeks disqualification of 67-year-old Sharif over his alleged misstatement in his address to the nation on April 5 and his speech before the National Assembly on May 16, 2016.
Apr 20, 2017 9:38 am (IST)
Pakistan’s Supreme Court will deliver its verdict in the high-profile Panama Papers case involving the country’s Prime Minster Nawaz Sharif and his family. Elections in Pakistan next year have increased the significance of the verdict for Sharif and his PML-N party.
Source: News18