According to the Geo TV broadcaster, following his decision to step down, Nawaz Sharif chaired a meeting with PML-N leadership.
Following the party meeting, Shehbaz Sharif emerged as most likely candidate for prime minister. After a 45-day period, during which Pakistan will be headed by an interim prime minister, Sharif will assume office.
In April 2016, Germany’s Suddeutsche Zeitung newspaper published materials it claimed came from the Mossack Fonseca company, exposing the alleged involvement of a number of world leaders, like the former Pakistani prime minister, in tax haven schemes. In April 2017, a commission comprising five judges from the nation's Supreme Court decided to establish a special commission to investigate the case more thoroughly.
