Reacting to the Pandora Papers, Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs Ali Muhammad Khan Tuesday said the ministers and government officials should resign if the burden of proof, prima facie, lies with them.
Speaking to a private TV channel, Ali Muhammad said that the ministers could perform their duties until fixation of the responsibility.
Responding to a question, the minister said that Prime Minister Imran Khan has tasked the FBR, FIA and NAB with investigating revelations made in the Pandora Papers.
NAB is an autonomous body, Ali Muhammad said, adding that they have forwarded the case to the anti-graft watchdog and now it is up to them to take the case or not.
“We had no idea whose names have been mentioned in the Pandora Papers,” the minister said, adding that most of the people named in the papers have already declared their assets.—INP
