Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif today narrowly survived being disqualified after a 3-2 split decision by a Supreme Court bench which ordered to set up a Joint Investigation Team (JIT) within a week to probe the allegations of money laundering against his family.
The court also ordered Sharif and his two sons – Hasan and Hussain – to appear before the JIT, which would consist officials from the Federal Investigation Agency, the National Accountability Bureau, the Security and Exchange Commission of Pakistan and the Military Intelligence.
The JIT will present its report before the bench after every two weeks. The case, about alleged money laundering by Sharif in 1990s, was launched on November 3.