Yesterday, the Prime Minister’s daughter Maryam Nawaz appeared in front of the Joint Investigation Team (JIT) as part of an ongoing probe over the Panama Leaks.
Explosive and dramatic as the events of the day were, it appears that no detail, however big or small, escaped scrutiny under the glare of the Pakistani media.
One such detail raised a lot of questions. Apparently, one of the family-owned BMWs that brought Maryam Nawaz to the Federal Judicial Academy, was found using an illegal number plate.
Upon further investigation, it was found that that plate actually belonged to someone else’s motorbike!
If that wasn’t bad enough, certain journalists have revealed that the plate belonged to a stolen motorbike.
A quick search at Islamabad Excise department’s website using Maryam Nawaz’s car’s number plate gives the following results:
The registration number “SN-777” was assigned to a Honda 125CC motorbike back in 2010. The bike is owned by Muhammad Daud, son of Kala Khan.
Prime Minister’s daughter came with a convoy of around 12 cars. Some of the cars brought her husband Capt (retd) Muhammad Safdar in another BMW, as well as her brothers Hussain Nawaz and Hassan Nawaz.
Another BMW from the same convoy had a registration number of BC-348, which apparently belongs to a leased Honda Civic from 2014. The car is owned by Faisal Bank.
A Land Cruiser, which was also accompanying Maryam Nawaz, had a registration number of CS-787. That number belongs to a Toyota Axio- Model 2007. Records show that the car is owned by Imran Maqbool.
The Minister of Information, Maryam Aurangzeb, had officially confirmed that Maryam Nawaz had arrived at the Federal Judicial Academy using vehicles which were owned and used by the Sharif family.
There is no law which allows anyone else to use vehicles with fake or illegal number plates. An act like this is punishable by years of imprisonment since these are all privately owned vehicles for a regular citizen. Will our officials be held to the same standards? Only time will tell.
You can check these details yourself at Islamabad Excise department’s website.
