JIT SUMMONS PRIME MINISTER NAWAZ SHARIF ON JUNE 15

The joint investigation team (JIT) investigating the Panamagate case has issued a summons to Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif to appear before the team on June 15, officials in the government told that on Sunday on the condition of anonymity.

Sources within the government said that the summons was issued to the PM on Saturday after he returned from his international trip to Kazakhstan, where he had been attending the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit.

Sharif, who is currently in Lahore, met with his close confidantes on Sunday morning to discuss the issue. After consulting with his aides, the prime minister has decided to honour the summons​ and appear before the JIT on Thursday.