A five-member bench led by Chief Justice Anwar Zaheer Jamali decided that the Panama Leaks case will be reheard after the new CJ, Justice Saqib Nisar takes office on December 31.
"I am retiring," Chief Justice Anwar Zaheer Jamali said. "After full court reference I will not sit in any bench."
He said he wanted all parties to get an equal chance to present their case. "If I say that the documents are correct, then the other parties will say that they did not get an equal chance," he said.
A five-member bench led by Chief Justice Anwar Zaheer Jamali resumed hearing on Friday over petitions filed by Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf and other parties.
In the last hearing, the Supreme Court asked all parties to decide over the formation of a commission. The commission will comprise one judge and be able to call anyone as part of the probe.
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During the proceedings today, lawyer for Prime Minister's children Akram Sheikh told the court that whatever decision the bench takes over formation of the commission is acceptable to him.
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf's lead counsel Naeem Bukhari said that they would boycott proceeding of a judicial comission.
The PTI on Thursday said that it was not in favour of forming a commission. “We feel that the bench hearing the case is qualified,” he said. “The Supreme Court should hold a hearing on daily basis,” he added.
The Jamat-e-Islami supported decision of making a commission, adding that the Supreme Court should also formulate the Terms of Reference.
Imran Khan
Speaking to journalists outside the Supreme before the hearing Imran Khan said that he had complete faith on the Supreme Court. "I hope that the hearing is conducted by a larger bench of the Supreme Court."
Awami Muslim League Chief Sheikh Rasheed said that so far all the commission which had been created had not met expectations of the public.
