The court also said it is willing to hold hearings on a daily basis. The court asked both the government and petitioners to present their Terms of Reference for the panel while hearing five petitions filed by Imran Khan's party Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf and others. The petitioners had filed the pleas after the Panama Papers revealed that Sharif's family has offshore companies and assets worth millions of dollars.
The court also allowed Imran Khan's party to hold an anti-government rally in Islamabad on Wednesday and asked the government and Opposition to show restraint. On October 28, the Islamabad Police had detained Imran Khan and arrested more than 40 workers of his party in an attempt to thwart a major countrywide protest planned to seek Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s resignation over corruption allegations.
Khan later said that the anti-government rally will now be marked as a day of thanksgiving in Islamabad. "I am elated that the investigation into Nawaz Sharif's [alleged corruption] will begin day after tomorrow," Khan added.
Defence minister and a leader of Sharif's Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz) Khawaja Asif said they have accepted the Supreme Court’s decision, reported Hindustan Times. “Now the judiciary has taken up the matter, there is no logic in agitation on the streets. Both the accused and accuser are standing before the court," he added.
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