Sharif’s brother appears before Panama Papers probe panel

TIL Desk/World/Islamabad/ Embattled Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s younger brother and Punjab chief minister Shehbaz Sharif today appeared before a Supreme Court-appointed team probing the Panamagate graft case — the fourth member of the Sharif family to be grilled by the panel.

Shehbaz, accompanied by his son Hamza Shehbaz, Interior Minister Chaudhary Nisar and Finance Minister Ishaq Dar, arrived at the Federal Judicial Academy (FJA) this morning to depose before the joint investigation team (JIT) probing allegations of money laundering against the Sharif family.

The 65-year-old Punjab chief minister had reached Islamabad yesterday to discuss matters with his lawyers prior to his appearance before the JIT. Shehbaz’s deposition before the graft panel comes just days after his brother and prime minister Nawaz was grilled by the JIT. He is the fourth member of the Sharif family to depose before the JIT.