ISLAMABAD: The combined opposition in National Assembly on Friday demanded a forensic audit by a well-known international firm into the disclosures made in the Panama Papers regarding the investments of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s family in offshore companies. But on second day consecutively, the PML-N legislators, ministers and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) MNAs hurled allegations at each other, and the House echoed with slogans “go Imran go” and “go Nawaz go”. The shouting was at peak when Information Minister Pervaiz Rashid addressed the House and targeted the PTI, especially Shaukat Khanam Hospital’s investment in offshore companies. PTI leader Shah Mahmood Qureshi said the government’s explanations regarding the leaks were not satisfactory and reiterated his party’s call for the chief justice of Pakistan to head the judicial commission probing the leaks. He also demanded that the results of the judicial commission be made public. Qureshi said an international forensic audit firm should be hired to probe the Nawaz Sharif family’s investments in offshore companies, and that the National Accountability Bureau, State Bank of Pakistan, Election Commission of Pakistan and Federal Board of Revenue should also take action in this regard. He said it would not be appropriate to target only Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and his family over the leaks, as the Panama Leaks also included the names of several other prominent Pakistanis, including politicians and business persons. Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) MNA Shazia Marri lamented that the Supreme Court had not taken suo motu notice of the matter and said parliament should be informed where did the money that was invested in offshore companies come from. She also questioned whether or not the transfer of these funds was restricted by money laundering legislation. Marri also agreed with the idea of a forensic audit of the Sharif family’s offshore holdings and said it would be prudent if “Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif stepped down from his post until the probe into the leaks was completed”. Information Minister Pervaiz Rashid hit out at the opposition, saying that having an offshore firm does not mean the family was involved in illegal practices or that these firms had caused losses to Pakistan’s economy. Rashid said PTI chief Imran Khan should present a document showing “where the funds for Shaukat Khanum Memorial Hospital went”. He also accused the PTI of misusing the funds set aside for the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Billion Tree Tsunami project. Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs Sheikh Aftab Ahmad termed the Panama Papers an “adverse campaign” initiated at an international level in order to create obstacles in Pakistan’s progress. The minister claimed that “some forces” that do not want completion of the Gwadar Port and other infrastructure projects launched by the PML-N government had resorted to such tricks. Muttahida Qaumi Movement’s (MQM) Asif Husnain, upon his turn, asked how come the people who looted the country’s treasury were ruling it. He said huge loans were being sought from all over the world to run the country, and that parliament would decide who will be included in the commission, and not the accused. Husnain called for accountability of all the influential people, irrespective of whether they were in parliament or not. Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs Shaikh Aftab Ahmed stated that the ruling Sharif family has been in business since 1935, and when Pakistan came into being it was a big industrialist family. “It is not appropriate to question the source of income of such a family,” he said. Aftab said the family has been going through various accountability processes since 1985, but no corruption charges could be proved against them in the courts of law. He said a malicious campaign had been launched to malign the government and to block the way of progress and prosperity of Pakistan. PPP’s Naveed Qamar claimed that the revelations were not made by an opposition party rather it was an international disclosure, and more would be made in the coming days.