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| Panama Papers have no credibility in eyes of law, Sharif tells LHC |
| 2016-11-18 |
| [DAWN] Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif ... served two non-consecutive terms as prime minister, heads the Pakistain Moslem League (Nawaz). Noted for his spectacular corruption, the 1998 Pak nuclear test, border war with India, and for being tossed by General Musharraf... has said that contents of the Panama Papers have "no credibility/standing in the eyes of law and are inadmissible as evidence before any court". He said so in a written reply submitted on Wednesday to Lahore High Court (LHC) Chief Justice Syed Mansoor Ali Shah, whose court is seized with a petition challenging the National Assembly speaker’s act of dismissing a reference for Mr Sharif’s disqualification as a member of the legislature in the wake of Panama Papers leaks. The reply was filed by former attorney general Salman Aslam Butt on behalf of the premier. In his reply, Mr Sharif not only challenged the territorial but also the constitutional jurisdiction of the LHC in taking up the petition moved by a member of the Pakistain Justice and Democratic Party, which was set up by former chief justice of Pakistain Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry. He also challenged locus standi of the petitioner. The reply said the speaker duly passed the impugned order in exercise of the powers conferred upon him under Article 63(2) of the Constitution and it did not merit any interference by the court as already settled by the Supreme Court in various judgements. |
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