Pakistan SC orders corruption probe against PM Nawaz Sharif

In a jolt to Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, the Supreme Court ordered a probe into the Panama Papers scandal involving corruption allegations against the family of the beleaguered premier

Nawaz Sharif. File pic

Islamabad: In a jolt to Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, the Supreme Court on Tuesday ordered a probe into the Panama Papers scandal involving corruption allegations against the family of the beleaguered premier.

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 after the Panama Papers showed the PM's family owning offshore assets.

The larger five-member bench headed by Chief Justice Anwar Zaheer Jamali conducted the hearing in presence of several cabinet ministers, lawyers of petitioners, senior PTI leaders and media.

The apex court said it was ready to appoint a probe commission headed by a judge and armed with powers of the Supreme Court. The court also ordered to present their Terms of Reference (ToR) for the probe panel.

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