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Flagship Reference Case To Be Held Today

Islamabad (October 24, 2018): Hearing for Flagship reference case will be held again in Accountability Court today. Defence Lawyer Khwaja Haris is set for the cross-questioning session for Head of Panama, JIT Wajid Zia.

Earlier, the accountability court judge Arshad Malik resumed the hearing as Nawaz Sharif appeared before the court.

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Khawaja Haris asked various questions from Wajid Zia regarding the Hassan Nawaz’s company capital FZE documents.

Wajid Zia told that court that only three documents regarding FZE were attached with the JIT report and it was correct the SC judge had written in his Panama case verdict that there was the need to further explain the ownership and title of the business of FZE.“It is also correct that third trading license was not made part of the report,” he told the court.

Meanwhile, the judge became provocative over the present of PML-N leaders more than the capacity and he ordered the leaders” Meet Nawaz Sharif outside the courtroom.”

During the break, Nawaz Sharif left the court after granting permission by the court while court adjourned the hearing till tomorrow, Oct 24.

Earlier, former prime minister Nawaz Sharif refused to answer journalists’ questions as he appeared before an accountability court.

The former premier was asked questions by journalists outside the accountability court in Islamabad as he appeared for the hearing of National Accountability Bureau’s (NAB) references against him.

However, Nawaz directed the questions to Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) spokesperson Marriyum Aurangzeb, who was accompanying him.

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Nawaz was asked how he is “perceiving the current political situations and meetings”, to which he said, “Marriyum Aurangzeb will reply to this.”

Following this, Aurangzeb responded, “If the government continues to fail, then the political scenario will change.”

Another reporter then asked Nawaz, “Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) leader Asif Ali Zardari is ready to meet you, will you meet him?”The PML-N quaid once again asked the party spokesperson to respond and she said, “We are reviewing his statement on a party level.”

Earlier on October 22, Replying to the questions raised by the Nawaz Sharif lawyer, Wajid Zia—the star prosecution witness—on Monday stated that National Accountability Bureau had not received a certificate of salary received by Nawaz Sharif from Capital ZFE.

According to the details,  the accountability court resumed hearing of the Flagship Reference in Islamabad on Monday.

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Zia told accountability court that documents obtained from competent authority and screenshots acquired proved that Nawaz Sharif had received a salary from the company.

Wajid Zia further added that an organization is compelled to submit the certificate of salaries of its employees under wage protection system. However, JIT had not received a certificate about Nawaz’s salary from Capital FZE.When Khawaja Haris started asking questions over the screenshots taken on the computer, the judge Arshad Malik intervened and stopped him to asking such questions.

Hairs asked Zia over the appointment of Brigadier Kamran and IrfanMangi, Zia responded that he did not know the SC orders over the appointment of Irfan Mangi, however, the case against DG NAB Irfan Mangi was in pending in NAB.Meanwhile, Wajid Zia said that he became tired and can’t pay attention in the proceeding.

On which the hearing was adjourned till Tuesday, Oct 23.

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