Sharif's elder son, daughter appear before Panama Papers probe panel

Hussain Nawaz arrived at the Federal Judicial Academy (FJA) and was questioned by the JIT set up by the Supreme Court.

As the JIT deadline of July 10 approaches, two members of the six-member JIT today left for Qatar to record the statement of prince Sheikh Hamad bin Jassim bin Jaber Al- Thani.

Irfan Naeem Mangi from the National Accountability Bureau and Brigardier Kamran Khurshid from Military Intelligence departed for Doha early this morning on Qatar Airways flight, the Dawn reported. The Qatari prince had written two letters to Supreme Court in which he said that late Muhammad Shairf, father of Nawaz Sharif, had invested 12 million dirham in the real estate business of royal family. In its judgement of April 20 in the Panama Papers case, the Supreme Court had constituted a JIT and empowered it to summon the prime minister, his sons and any other person necessary, to investigate allegations of money-laundering, through which the four apartments in London's posh Park Lane area were purchased.

According to letters by the Qatari royal, the money invested by late Sharif was returned to the family with profits.

Sharifs have maintained that the same money was used to buy London property.

On May 5, the Supreme Court set up a high-level six- member JIT to probe Sharif and his sons' alleged corruption in the Panama Papers case. It has already questioned Sharif and several others of his family, including his sons — Hussain and Hasan—over the family's alleged improper business dealings.

Sharif's daughter Maryam Nawaz will appear on Wednesday before the JIT for the first time. Maryam, 43, will appear with a female police officer before the Joint Investigation Team (JIT) investigating the high-profile Panamagate graft case. A German newspaper had earlier said that Maryam is a beneficial owner of offshore companies named in Panama Papers.

In 2013, Maryam was active in the general election campaign. She also made into the BBC's 100 Women list of political scions along with US President Donald Trump's daughter, Ivanka Trump in March.

The six-member investigation committee had written to the Inspector General of Police for deployment of a woman police over Maryam's appearance after which Ursala Saleem, SP of Special Branch was tasked for the day, Dunya news reported.