An inquiry commission, being set up by the Prime Minister to probe allegations against his family in the Panama Paper Leaks, has been challenged in the Lahore High Court. The petitioner is the Judicial Activism Panel's Chairman, Azhar Siddique, who too is a lawyer, argues that the allegations of corruption are an individual matter and the National Accountability Bureau should be allowed to investigate them independently. "A legal procedure is involved in making it which has not been done so far. A number of inquiry commissions were made in the past but no action has taken on their findings. After the admission of Hussain Nawaz about existence of their companies outside Pakistan, Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif may be declared as disqualified," he said.
"Hussain Nawaz was minor when offshore company was purchased outside Pakistan in 1993 and 1994 but the prime minister has never declared his assets before the Election Commission of Pakistan." The petitioner has asked the court to order the bureau to hold inquiry and the Election Commission of Pakistan to launch an inquiry against the prime minister for concealing facts from the public while submitting his nomination papers.