ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Friday pledged to resign if a probe related to the Panama Papers tax scandal found his family had committed any wrongdoing.

Earlier, the prime minister bowed to opposition demands that he ask the chief justice to set up an independent commission to investigate offshore accounts linked to his family.

In a national address, he said he would accept the findings of the commission, which will look into links disclosed in the massive leak of documents from a Panama-based law firm.

Sharif’s sons are among several politicians, business leaders and other celebrities referenced in millions of leaked documents from the law firm, Mossack Fonseca & Co., which detail how the wealthy avoid tax obligations. Sharif had said the investigation would be led by a retired judge, drawing fire from opposition politician Imran Khan and others, who demanded a commission established by the chief justice of the Supreme Court.

Sharif has denied any wrongdoing during his 30-year political career, saying the fact that he is serving a third term proves the nation has confidence in his “clean and transparent politics.”

He dismissed allegations of corruption, saying they had been investigated long ago and that no wrongdoing had been found, even during the rule of Gen. Pervez Musharraf, who had overthrown Sharif in a 1999 military coup.