LAHORE: National Assembly Speaker Sardar Ayaz Sadiq says the decision in the Panama Papers case will be acceptable to all if it is based on merit.

Speaking to reporters here on Wednesday, he stressed that the joint investigation team probing the money-laundering allegations on the Sharif family should not make itself controversial. “If the JIT works within the ambit of law, no one will have reservations against it,” he said and added that the person involved in releasing the picture of Hussain Nawaz had yet to be taken to task.

Asked about granting NOC to former army chief Gen Raheel Sharif to head a Saudi alliance against terrorism, Mr Sadiq said: “I have no knowledge about it. However, if this matter comes to the National Security Committee, I will look into this.”

Published in Dawn, June 22nd, 2017