Justice Saqib Nisar takes oath as acting Pakistan chief justice during Jamali's visit to Turkey

Pakistan Supreme Court (SC) Justice Saqib Nisar took oath as the acting Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) in Islamabad today, on the account of CJP Anwar Zaheer Jamali's seven day official visit to Anwar Zaheer Jamali's

Following the oath taking ceremony, Chief Justice Nisar said that despite his post, he does not have the authority to respond to the government's letter, requesting the CJP to form an inquiry commission under broad-based terms of references (ToRs) to settle the Panama leaks controversy.

The acting chief justice said that Chief Justice Jamali will take a decision about the formation of the commission after his return from Turkey, reports Dawn.

The Dawn reports that CJP Jamali is likely to return to Pakistan on May 1.

Almost three weeks after the leaks revealed that the Prime Minister's three children were among dozens of influential people from across the globe having offshore companies in tax havens.

The government sent a letter to the Supreme Court registrar, requesting chief justice of Pakistan to form an inquiry commission under broad-based ToRs.

The move was announced by Premier Nawaz Sharif in his second address to the nation on the matter.