Nawaz Sharif's children could face 7 years in jail over 'fake' papers

The children of Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif could face up to seven years in jail if it was proved that they had submitted fake documents to the Panama panel probing the money laundering allegations against the family, the SC warned

Maryam Nawaz. Pics/AFP

The children of Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif could face up to seven years in jail if it was proved that they had submitted fake documents to the Panama panel probing the money laundering allegations against the family, the Supreme Court warned yesterday. "The punishment for submitting forged documents in the court is seven years in jail," warned the three-member panel of judges.

Hassan Nawaz

The JIT among other things has observed that some of the documents submitted by Sharif's children had been tampered with. A trust deed provided by Sharif's daughter Maryam Nawaz and executed in 2006 was written in Calibri font, which was not commercially available till 2007. It was also notarised from an office in London on Saturday, which is officially an off day.

Similarly, the Government of Dubai has revealed that the documents of Gulf Steel Mills provided by his son Hussain Nawaz were forged.

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