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Eminent lawyer and senior leader of the Pakistan People's Party (PPP) Senator Aitzaz Ahsan on Sunday called for a forensic audit of money trail as claimed in Panama Papers, rejecting the idea that the task should be assigned to a sitting judge of the country's top court.
Speaking to media, he said the audit should be carried out through an international audit firm instead of a sitting or a retired judge.
"Neither a sitting judge nor a retired judge could do the job as judges remain confined to their rooms," said Ahsan. He said only experts form an international firm could ascertain as to how the money was transferred from Pakistan.
Aitzaz Ahsan also called for accountability of all individuals whose names were included in the leaked documents. Ahsan said: "Family of our prime minister has also been found involved, and his son Hussain Nawaz has admitted to owning offshore companies."
He said Pakistan's money should be brought back from wherever it has been stashed.
The PPP leader expressed doubts over government's seriousness on the issue citing previous investigations into financial scam involving the prime minister and his family.
He said according to the Supreme Court decision in the Asghar Khan case, Nawaz Sharif received Rs9.5 million from the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) in 1990s to form a poll alliance.
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