Sharif leaves for Pak, promises probe into Panama Papers leak

April 19, 2016 17:48

Embattled Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif today left for Pakistan amid a raging scandal back home over his family's offshore wealth after the Panama Papers leak mentioned his children's name for having shell companies.

Sharif dashed to the UK last week for "medical treatment" amid reports he was under immense pressure to quit over the unfolding scandal, that mentioned the names of his two sons and a daughter as having shell companies through which they owned expensive residential properties in London.

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