In a setback to Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, the Pak Supreme Court on Tuesday ordered to form a judicial commission to probe into the Panama Papers scandal involving corruption allegations against the family of the beleaguered premier. Sharif is under pressure from Imran Khan's Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf,(PTI) to step down. A five-member bench headed by Chief Justice Anwar Zaheer Jamali conducted the
hearing in presence of several ministers,lawyers, senior PTI leaders and media, just a day before a rally proposed by Khan who had vowed to bring one million supporters to shut down Islamabad demanding Sharif's ouster. The Supreme Court heard several identical petitions by Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chief Imran Khan and others to investigate charges of corruption against Sharif and his relatives.
According to the Panama Papers, three of Sharif's four children - Maryam, Hasan and Hussain are owners of off-shore companies.
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