LAHORE: Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) chief Sirajul Haq has expressed hope that the menace of corruption will be eradicated from the country after the final verdict of the Supreme Court in Panamagate case. Talking to the media on Monday, the JI chief said that it was evident that instead of arguing on legal grounds the counsel for rulers’ were trying to make the case a political issue to make them (rulers) political martyrs. He said that the ruling party without going through the earlier judgement of the Supreme Court had distributed sweets on the formation of the Joint Investigation Team (JIT) as it believed that the low cadre government officers won’t dare to report against the prime minister. The JIT report, he said, had revealed the properties of the ruling family but their sources of earning were not disclosed. He said that Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif had been receiving salary as the director of a Dubai company for years, which was not disclosed in his assets. The JI chief added that the Panama leaks had listed around 600 people and all of them must be brought to accountability. He said if a few dozen people were sent to jail for corruption, it would be a historic moment. He said that there should be screening of politicians in the light of the articles 62 and 63 so that no corrupt element could get into parliament. The JI chief said that threats were still being issued to the judiciary but declared that the entire nation was with the Supreme Court and no one would be allowed to attack the Supreme Court. He paid complements to the JIT members for completing their assignment without any fear. Published in Daily Times, July 18th, 2017.