ISLAMABAD: The National Assembly`s Standing Committee on Finance was informed on Wednesday that the information whether or not the prime minister`s daughter Maryam Nawaz was a tax filer could not be revealed because the matter was sub judice in the Supreme Court.

The committee, headed by Qaiser Ahmad Sheikh of the PML-N, held a meeting on the issue of the Panama Papers for the second time in a month.

A briefing was given by the State Bank (SBP), Securities and Exchange Commission (SECP) and the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR). During the briefing, theFBR chief was asked by Dr Nafisa Shah if Maryam Nawaz was a tax filer.

FBR Chairman Nisar Muhammad Khan said the information could not be revealed because the matter was sub judice, but Dr Shah remained firm and asked which laws stopped the National Assembly from discussing matters that were in the court.

Finally, the FBR chief told Dr Shah that the information would be provided to her later.

Meanwhile, the heads of the SECP and SBP said that their organisations had nothing to do with the Panama Papers investigations.-Staff Reporter