The Panama case Joint Investigation Team (JIT) will submit its final report to the Supreme Court’s special implementation bench today. The JIT, formed on May 5 in light of the Supreme Court’s April 20 judgment, was tasked to ascertain the money trail of the Sharif family-owned properties in Park Lane, London. The members of the high-profile probe team were busy Sunday preparing the report, according to sources. All six JIT members will submit their report to the apex court's special implementation bench at 1pm today.
The bench is headed by Justice Ejaz Afzal Khan and includes Justice Sheikh Azmat Saeed and Justice Ijazul Ahsan. Authorities have issued a red alert for the federal capital's Red Zone, where the Supreme Court is located, and strict security measures will be in place in light of the JIT’s report submission. Additional contingents of police and Rangers will be deployed both inside and outside the Supreme Court premises, officials said. In a last-ditch effort to press the Sharif family’s case, top Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz leaders addressed the media at separate events across the country on Sunday. Federal Minister for Railways Khawaja Saad Rafique was speaking to a gathering in Lahore, where he said that he knows who is playing against the ruling party. Defence Minister Khawaja Asif addressed a gathering in Sialkot, where he demanded that the JIT proceedings should be made public so the entire nation should know what the JIT asked from the premier. Meanwhile, responding to the ministers' remarks, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chairman Imran Khan said the government ministers threatened not to accept the verdict of the Supreme Court, as they said the JIT report without the Qatari prince's statement is 'unacceptable' to them. Speaking to media on Sunday, the PTI chief expressed apprehensions that he sees a situation leading to an attack on the apex court developing, similar to the PML-N assault on the apex court in 1997.