ToR issue: PM asks Ishaq Dar to make his interactions with Khursheed Shah ‘result-oriented’

LAHORE: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif directed Finance Minister Ishaq Dar and Information Minister Pervaiz Rasheed to negotiate with the opposition again and come to an agreement on Terms of Reference (ToR) so that inquiry commission could be set-up to probe Panama Papers, sources told Geo News.

The sources quoted PM as saying this during a meeting at his camp office in Lahore on Monday.

The issues related to ToR and appointment of members of Election Commission were discussed in the meeting, sources said.

Nawaz Sharif asked Ishaq Dar to make his interactions with Leader of the Opposition in the National Assembly Syed Khursheed Shah result-oriented.

On this occasion, he asked the opposition to play a constructive role in the development and prosperity of the country.

PM further said that the elections in Azad Jammu and Kashmir should be carried out in a peaceful manner.

On Saturday, Nawaz Sharif returned to Pakistan after undergoing open-heart surgery at a London hospital.

The Pakistan Muslim League – Nawaz (PML-N) government has been facing immense pressure from opposition parties since the massive leak of tax data from Panamanian Law firm Mossack Fonseca.

The leaked data revealed offshore business interests of several world leaders, their friends and members of their families. Names of Prime Minister children also appeared in the data, stirring up a political storm in Pakistan.

Many other prominent Pakistani personalities have also been named in the revelations. The documents identify many business tycoons and politicians including late two-time Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto to have allegedly used tax havens.