ISLAMABAD, Jan 01 (DNA): A fact-finding inquiry into the Pandora Papers
revelations is in its final phase.
The Prime Minister’s Inspection Commission (PMIC) received replies from
more than 200 Pakistanis, including public office holders and
bureaucrats, who were named in the Pandora Papers.
Names of 700 Pakistani nationals appeared in Pandora Papers but the PMIC
has so far received the names of 240 individuals from the International
Consortium of Investigative Journalist (ICIJ), the sources revealed.
Of these 240 individuals being probed by the commission, 40 are public
office holders and bureaucrats, the sources said, adding most of them
rejected charges of money laundering and tax evasion.
They said if the commission received more names of individuals from the
consortium, they will be investigated. The first phase of the
fact-finding inquiry is likely to complete by Jan-end.
The commission was given incomplete details by the consortium, due to
which the former faced difficulty in verifying names of some
individuals, the sources further said. Of the 240, 30 to 35 names could
not be verified.
The PMIC is conducting the probe with the assistance of the State Bank
of Pakistan (SBP), Securities & Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP),
Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA), and Federal Board of Revenue
(FBR).
Prime Minister Imran Khan had ordered an investigation against
Pakistanis named in Pandora Papers. NNI
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