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Panama Case Final Supreme Court Judgment in Favour of Nawaz 20th April 2017

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Channel: SibteinTV · 2017 · News & Politics

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Panama Case Final Supreme Court Judgment in Favour of Nawaz 20th April 2017 The country braced on Thursday as Supreme Court began reading out a 540-page verdict in the Panamagate case.
Justice Asif Saeed Khosa reads out the 540-page verdict.

Imran Khan arrives at Supreme Court

Addressing the media outside the SC, Imran Khan said he is optimistic and enthusiastic about the Panamagate verdict. “This is a situation similar to the 1992 World Cup,” Imran said. “Today is a day when Pakistan will win.”

PML-N and PTI leaders gather outside SC and make statements prior to the announcement of the verdict.
A ring of steel was placed around the Supreme Court Thursday ahead of a ruling on corruption allegations that could see the prime minister ousted from power after the Panama Papers linked his family to offshore businesses.

Around 1,500 police commandos and riot forces have been deployed around the court in Islamabad ahead of the highly-anticipated decision, expected in the afternoon. Dozens of baton-wielding police were also seen along some roads leading into the capital.

The verdict will be announced in Courtroom 1 and only those possessing security clearance passes were allowed in.
The controversy threatens to plunge Nawaz Sharif’s governing party into turmoil ahead of looming general elections, and as security and the economy improve in the militancy-plagued country. It erupted with the publication of the so-called Panama Papers last year, 11.5 million secret documents from Panamanian law firm Mossack Fonseca which documented the offshore dealings of many of the world’s rich and powerful.

Among the global elite implicated were three of Sharif’s four children — his daughter and presumptive political heir Maryam, and his sons Hasan and Hussein

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