Commission on Panama Leaks: Prime Minister says CJ has freedom to make changes in ToRs

Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Saturday said he and his family have presented themselves before the Supreme Court for accountability and that "the chief justice can change the terms of reference of judicial investigations, if he so desires." The prime minister, responding to slew of media questions at the Governor's House on Saturday, said, "We will extend all-out co-operation to the Supreme Court in investigations [into Panama papers leaks] in which manner it wishes to conduct."
Those present with him included Punjab Governor Mohammad Rafique Rajwana, Chief Minister Shehbaz Sharif, federal and provincial Ministers Shahid Khaqan Abbasi, Pervez Rashid Khawaja and Saad Rafique, Rana Sanaullah and Hamza Shehbaz. Nawaz also talked about dispatching the terms of reference to the chief justice of Pakistan to set up a judicial commission and the "the chief justice can make changes in them".
"The chief justice, if he wishes, could start investigations into the Panama leaks with his family," he said boldly. But he did admit he and his family had already faced accountability since the 1990s. "Pervez Musharraf [the former military ruler] had conducted our accountability but found nothing wrong," he claimed. "We were running business before 1972 and paid taxes honestly for the country. Neither have we indulged in any wrongdoing nor did we get any kick backs. We believe in rendering selfless services to the masses." He then attempted to justify himself by claiming that in the past, the government did target him but "found nothing wrong". He said that no scandal of the current government has surfaced and that it has the support of people.
Asked about the civil-military relationship, the prime minister claimed, "It [the relation] is much better. However, the system must run under the Constitution." In response to a question about Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf chief Imran Khan who has announced staging an anti-government rally in Lahore today (Sunday), the prime minister said: "He [Imran Khan] has no know-how of politics or political consciousness. Imran should give up negative politics."
He went on, "The politics of confrontation is not in the country's interests. Hence, this must end. Those resorting to hooliganism are not my enemies but they're in fact enemies of the country." Nawaz then went on to talk about "an era of negative politics" that ought to end now, claiming his government believed in public service and the benefits of development would go to the public in the next two years.
The PM also mentioned various development projects, saying service to the nation was the only way to success and the government would accomplish its journey of development, prosperity and glory by 2018. But when asked about those getting loans written off, Chief Minister Sharif answered, "Tareen [A Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf leader] misappropriated the public money by getting their loans written off. A ruthless accountability of the elements getting their loans written off and plundering national resources must be held. Time for the accountability has come and this process should be completed transparently."
Earlier, the prime minister, while addressing a meeting at the Governor's House to review various development and provision of basic amenities' projects across the country, claimed the days of negative politics were over and the public had rejected politicians wanting to create anarchy in any manner. On the development projects of gas, electricity and infrastructure, he claimed they would be completed by 2018 and power outages would end in the next two years. And in reference to the last phase of the Local Government elections, he said they would be completed by May.