ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister’s daughter Maryam Nawaz on Tuesday submitted another reply in Supreme Court in Panamagate case, saying that she had nothing to do with the correspondence with Mossack Fonseca and British Virgin Island.
The reply was submitted by Maryam Nawaz’s counsel Shahid Hamid. However the reply was rejected by the court, as the presiding judge Justice Asif Khosa remarked that the document did not carry the signature of the respondent.
In her reply, Maryam Nawaz had denies signing any documents relating the ownership of Nelson or Nescol . She took the plea that Mossack Fonseca was not a court which letter can determine the ownership of the companies.
She once again denied allegations she was the beneficial owner of London properties.
She added that she had the legal right to raise more questions over the authenticity of the documents submitted by PTI. She added that she would prove the documents wrong during the hearing.
Maryam said that Hussain Nawaz was her elder bother and was very much dear to her. As per her reply, she tied the knot with a serving Pakistan Army captain Safdar in 1992, which, according to her, joined civil service later. She added that her husband was a regular taxpayer since 1986. She added that whatever precious gift her father gave to her were out of paternal love. She added that since 1992 she had never been dependent on her father.
The family of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif was named in the Panama Papers, one of the biggest leaks in history. The leak, comprising 11.5 million documents from Panama-based law firm Mossack Fonseca, shows how some of the world’s most powerful people have secreted away their money in offshore jurisdictions.
Among those named are three of Sharif’s four children — Maryam, who has been tipped to be his political successor; Hasan and Hussain, with the records showing they owned London real estate through offshore companies administrated by the firm.
