Islamabad, Jul 22 (UNI) A day after the Supreme Court reserved its verdict in the Panama Papers case, Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif today cleared the decks saying that he would not resign from the post as he was elected by the people. Yesterday, the Pakistan top court had reserved its judgment in the case after hearing arguments of all parties on the Joint Investigation Team's report submitted last week. Mr Sharif reiterated his stance while presiding over a meeting of the PML-N. During the meeting, the PML-N also decided to file a civil miscellaneous application before the Supreme Court to challenge Volume-10 of the report of the Joint Investigation Team (JIT) about mutual legal assistance sought from different countries. However, Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan from the PML-N once again skipped the meeting. Media reports said as he was busy with some work in Punjab House, he was not able to attend the meeting. Prime Minister’s Adviser Barrister Zafarullah told The Dawn that it was only a routine meeting in which they discussed the Panama Paper Case. He also said the meeting did not consider the option of a new Prime Minister. He said Mr Sharif and the PML-N's legal team were satisfied that the Prime Minister would not be affected with the Supreme Court's verdict as the investigation team could not establish his direct links with offshore properties of the Sharif family. However, some private news channels claimed that the meeting discussed some names, including that of Khawaja Asif, for the post of prime minister in case Mr Sharif was disqualified. PML-N leader Daniyal Aziz said his party would soon file a civil miscellaneous application in the Supreme Court to challenge the JIT report, especially its Volume-10. He said the British Virgin Islands had confirmed in its letter that it had not provided any document to the JIT as the requirement of mutual legal assistance was not fulfilled. “Now it has been proved that the JIT only acted upon a letter of the Dubai government which also seems to be a ‘fixed match’,” he said. UNI XC SW SB 1357