ISLAMABAD: The Panama Leaks case hearing resumed on Tuesday led by a larger bench
of the Supreme Court headed by Justice Asif Saeed Khosa on Tuesday.
Prime minister’s legal counsel Makhdoom
Ali Khan continued his arguments in defence of prime minister. He asked the court that Nawaz Sharif be given immunity under Article 248
of the constitution.
Earlier, before the hearing started, a group of lawyers outside the Supreme Court building stopped PTI leaders Shafqat Mehmood, Shireen Mazari and prime minister’s lead counsel Makhdoom
Ali Khan from entering the premises. After a lengthy discussion, Makhdoom
made it inside the courtroom.
During the last hearing, Makhdoom
Ali Khan referred to the past rulings
of the Supreme Cour
t and delib
erated on the disqualification of former prime minister Yousaf Raza Gilani.
The bench questioned the prime minister’s speech in the parliament. In his remarks, Justice Ijaz-ul-Ahsan said, “Nawaz Sharif said that he has not misrepresented information but now he is arguing that even if he had misrepresented information, he had immunity.”
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