Judgement Day: Supreme Court to announce Panama leaks verdict at 2pm

Judgement Day: Supreme Court to announce Panama leaks verdict at 2pm This story was published prior the to the Supreme Court's verdict. For the latest coverage of the Panama Leaks verdict visit the link below. Panama leaks: PM not disqualified, SC orders JIT to probe money trail ISLAMABAD: The day of judgement is upon us. All eyes are set on the Supreme Court, with less than an hour left for a scheduled announcement in the Panama leaks case, which took the country by storm over a year ago. At 2:00 PM today, the apex court will announce "not a short but a long detailed judgement" on the Panama Papers revelation that the prime minister's children owned offshore companies dealing in millions of dollars in property transactions. The case had drawn widespread media attention over the past year. On Thursday, the apex court could take a range of steps. It could clear the prime minister, or order a further judicial commission of inquiry or even declare him ineligible to hold office, as it did in 2012 with then-Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani over a contempt of court case. Panamagate: A timeline of how it unraveled Imran Khan arrives at SC PTI chairman Imran Khan has arrived at the Supreme Court minutes before the announcement of the verdict. Imran Khan told reports that whatever the decision was it would be beneficial as he made his way to courtroon No Courtroom No 1 fills up Courtroom No 1 where the Supreme Court will announce the verdict in the case has filled up. Only those people who have a pass signed by the deputy registrar have been allowed inside the room. Leaders from the PML-N, PTI and other political parties are inside the courtroom. Security beefed up Meanwhile, security has been beefed up around the Supreme Court at Islamabad's Constitution Avenue. Additional barriers have been placed and barbed wires laid around several buildings. Around 1000 police, Rangers and security personnel will be deployed inside and outside the apex court building, said SP Security. The official said that no will be allowed to enter the court building without CNIC and special entrance pass. He added that entry of irrelevant persons in the Red Zone will be blocked, while VIPs' security guards would also not be able to carry arms with them. Read: PM says not waiting for any decision Approximately 2,500 police officers have been deployed in the provincial capital Lahore ahead of the Panama verdict, according to a Punjab police spokesperson. The security force includes six superintendents, 29 deputy superintendents, 83 SHOs, 165 upper subordinates, and around 2,400 lower subordinates.