The formation of a single-member commission to investigate Panama Papers, accusing Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s family of having huge offshore wealth, has been challenged in the Supreme Court by Barrister Zafarullah Khan of the Watan Party.
In the application filed by Barrister Zafarullah Khan, who supports constitution of a parliamentary committee or panel to look into the Panamagate scandal, has submitted that the court can’t constitute a commission since Enquiry Commission Bill 2016 is already pending n the Parliament for approval.
“Supreme Court is not entitled to make TORs for the inquiry.… The Parliament is the mother of all institutions while courts are bound to implement the Parliament’s legislation,” he said.
“It’s not in court’s jurisdiction to hear a dispute between political family,” he said, adding that such cases could be exploited by anti-judiciary elements.
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