Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif will address the nation tonight.
The PM will take nation into confidence over Panama Papers issue. The prime minister might announce writing a letter to Chief Justice of Pakistan Anwar Zaheer Jamali and request him to head the inquiry to investigate the Panama Papers leaks. However, the prime minister may also announce names of other people in the judicial commission.
A massive leak of 11.5 million tax documents on April 3 exposed the secret offshore dealings of world leaders and celebrities, also naming three of the premier’s children for owning London real estate through offshore companies.
The move comes on the heels of calls on Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif to resign after his family members were named in the offshore accounts mass leak from Panama‘s Mossack Fonseca firm.
After opposition parties’ pressure, the PML-N government on Thursday hinted at writing a letter to the Chief Justice (CJ) of Pakistan (CJP) Anwar Zaheer Jamali for the formation of a judicial commission to probe the matter.
Earlier, the government had proposed Justice (r) Sarmad Osmany’s name for the commission but opposition leaders — specifically the cricket-star-turned-politician Imran Khan — rejected this, demanding instead that Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) and white collar crime experts make up the commission.
