Pakistani PM Imran Khan Promises To "Investigate offences," According To The Pandora Documents.

Pandora's documents linked hundreds of Pakistanis, including members of Hahn's cabinet, to assets secretly transferred through offshore companies. They are one of the most significant financial leaks in history and reveal deals with global personalities from business and politics.

Mr. Hahn said he would take action if any irregularities were found.

The classified assets were revealed through a global investigation based on 12 million files leaked to the International Consortium from Investigative Journalists (ICIJ), which works with more than 140 media organizations worldwide. According to Pakistani media reports, more than 700 people are mentioned in the newspapers, including two cabinet members. According to leaked documents, Shaukat Tarin, finance minister, and his family members own four offshore companies.

Tariq Fawad Malik, a financial adviser who worked on company documents, told ICIJ that the Tarin family founded the company to invest in Saudi-linked banks. However, the deal did not go ahead, Malik said.

The leaked documents also show that Water Minister Chaudhry Munis Elahi refused to make the proposed investment through the offshore tax haven after warning that the investment would be reported to the country's tax authorities. A spokesman for the Elahi family denied the allegations, saying their property had been declared under the law.

"Political revenge and misinterpretation of the data circulating in the document," the spokesman said.

Mr. Hahn said in a Twitter post on Monday that he "welcomed" the revelation in the newspaper. In 2016, before becoming Prime Minister, he led the opposition's demands to open an investigation after the country's offshore interests were exposed in prior information, the Panamanian newspaper. Separately, controversy erupted in Pakistan in response to newspapers after state-run PTV falsely said that Junaid Safdar, grandson from former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, was among the leaks.

State television claimed that Safdar had registered five companies in his name - a lawsuit also published by an aide to Prime Minister Imran Khan and other government members. A Twitter account called "PandoraLeaks" also appeared on Sunday containing allegations against Safdar, but the history had nothing to do with the investigation.

A team of journalists working on the Pandora newspaper investigation in Pakistan confirmed to the that Junaid Safdar was not named in the document. According to the Panama Papers, Sharif's party, whose Pakistan Muslim League (N) leads the opposition to the current government, stepped down as prime minister in 2017.

 Mr. Dar denies doing anything illegal and says he does not live in Pakistan for tax reasons. According to ICIJ, more than 600 journalists from 117 countries contributed to the Pandora Papers. Panorama and the Guardian are leading the UK investigation.