ISLAMABAD: Legal wizards of the Sharif family have expressed fears that strong observations made by the five-member Supreme Court in the Panamagate verdict against members of the ruling family might create prejudice in the investigation of the Joint Investigation Team (JIT).
A senior PML-N leader told The Express Tribune that legal minds of the ruling party and the Sharif familys legal team have started deliberations over whether to file a review petition or not against the April 20 judgment.
He also revealed that the legal team had strong reservations over the observations made by every member of the larger bench against members of the ruling family, particularly Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif.
Likewise, the senior PML-N leader stated that when the SC judges were saying that they could not examine evidence at this stage, then why they had considered and given observations on it, believing that the judgment should not be delivered on personal likes and dislikes.
A senior PML-N lawyer, who was initially part of the legal team, believes that the respondents must file a review petition; otherwise the JITs investigation will be prejudiced.
In this regard counsel for Prime Minister Makhoom Ali Khan, who lives in Karachi, arrived in Islamabad on Monday.
https://tribune.com.pk/story/1392737/sharifs-legal-team-mulls-filing-review-petition/
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