29 May, 2017
The JIT's head, Federal Investigation Agency's Wajid Zia, also informed the court that Qatari Prince Sheikh Hamad Bin Jassim Bin Jaber Al-Thani was summoned to record his statement with the JIT but he has yet to respond to their letter.
Regarding the JIT member from the State Bank of Pakistan, Amir Aziz, Hussain stated that he was a member of the investigation team in the Hudaibiya Paper Mills case during the regime of former president Gen (retd) Pervez Musharraf.
The three-member implementation bench of the Supreme Court of Pakistan in Panama Papers Case on Monday brushed aside the reservations of Hussain Nawaz regarding two members of the Joint Investigation Team (JIT).
Details of social media accounts of Bilal Rasool's wife were also mentioned in the application which showed her bias as she had posted several status in PTI's favour but later deleted them following JIT's formation.
Initially, Hussain Nawaz was made to wait for an hour and his counsel was not allowed to sit down before the JIT. He said he had been given 24 hours to appear before the JIT and claimed he had not received any questionnaire from the investigating team before he received the summons.
On May 5 this year, the three-member Special Bench of the Supreme Court finalized names for the six-member JIT tasked to further probe the allegations leveled against Sharif family in Panama Papers.
Ahmer Aziz is a representative of State Bank of Pakistan (SBP).
The JIT has to conclude and complete its investigations in Panamagate case within the allotted 60-day period.
The JIT, during the course of hearing, observed that the probing team was legal until the Supreme Court (SC) gives verdict on the objections raised by Hussain Nawaz on the two JIT members.
Hussain has also claimed that the other one is relative of former governor of Punjab Mian Azhar who is now linked with Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf (PTI).
The JIT had submitted an initial report before the Supreme Court on May 22.
The Prime Minister's son had said earlier that he wanted to appear before the JIT in the presence of his lawyer.
He is the second high-profile individual to have appeared before the probe body after PM's cousin Tariq Shafi, who was thoroughly questioned by the JIT.
