Probe panel can't use OECD to investigate PM's family assets

ISLAMABAD THE JOINT investigation team (JIT) being formed to probe the money trail of the assets owned by Nawaz Sharif and family will not be able to obtain information from other countries through the multilateral Convention on Mutual Administrative Assistance in Tax Matters until September 2018. Pakistan formally became a part of the 109-member Organisation of Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) -- the global regime that allows for information sharing regarding taxation and financial matters -- in April 2017 and will automatically begin to exchange and receive records of assets from next year. (DAWN NEWS)