Pakistan’s Supreme Court on Thursday said a single-member commission will probe allegations made against Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s family in the Panama Papers case and expressed strong displeasure at the failure of his children to respond to the charges.
A five-member bench hearing five identical petitions against Sharif and his family for having illegal assets abroad had directed them on Monday to submit written response.
The bench today said a single-member commission will be formed to probe revelations made in the Panama Papers after reviewing all replies.
A final decision on it will be made on Monday after the court reviews the Terms of Reference and responses submitted by the premier’s children.
Sharif’s counsel Salman Ahmed Butt today submitted the premier’s response in court along with that of his son-in-law Muhammad Safdar.