

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif's son Hussain Nawaz has been summoned by the Panama case Joint Investigation Team (JIT) for the third time on Thursday (today).
Prior to this, Hussain had been summoned by the JIT on May 28 and 30. The prime minister?s younger son, Hassan Nawaz, had also been summoned by the JIT on Wednesday but he failed to appear.
In his last appearance, Hussain recorded his second statement with the JIT and also provided documents. Speaking to the media afterwards, he said he had provided all the documents that the JIT had asked for.
The JIT is investigating the prime minister's family?s global financial dealings in light of the Supreme Court's April 20 judgment.
The head of the Security and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP), Zafar Hijazi, will be appearing before the JIT on Friday.
Sources revealed that the JIT sent notices to the SECP chief for personal appearance to apprise the probe body as to the measures undertaken in the investigation so far.
Sources added that the SECP chief will also be bringing with him all relevant records and documents related to the Panama case.
JIT sends second letter to Qatar?s Al-Thani family
The JIT wrote a second letter to Qatar?s Al-Thani family, giving them three options to record their statements.
The first option mentioned that two members would leave for Qatar to record the statements in relation to the probe.
The second option was to send a written response to aid the investigation.
According to the third option, a statement through video link can also be shared by the Qatari family.
On Tuesday, the JIT questioned Hussain and National Bank of Pakistan President Saeed Ahmad for around four and twelve hours, respectively.
The JIT, headed by Federal Investigation Agency Additional Director Wajid Zia, includes members from SECP, State Bank of Pakistan, National Accountability Bureau, Military Intelligence and Inter Services Intelligence.Β


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