ISLAMABAD, Sep 12 (INP): Chief Justice of Pakistan Saqib Nisar has formed a larger bench to hear the review petitions filed by the Sharif family against the Panama Leaks case. The larger bench will comprise the five judges who heard the Panama case. The bench will be headed by Justice Asif Saeed Khosa, while Justice Gulzar Ahmed, Justice Ejaz Afzal Khan, Justice Azmat Saeed Shekih and Justice Ejazul Ahsan will be members of the bench. Earlier, the Supreme Court decided on Tuesday that a five-judge bench will be formed to hear the review petitions of Nawaz Sharif, his children, son-in-law and Finance Minister Ishaq Dar against the July 28 Panama Papers case verdict. A three-member bench of the apex court, headed by Justice Ejaz Afzal Khan and comprising Justice Sheikh Azmat Saeed and Justice Ijazul Ehsan, was hearing a plea submitted by the former prime minister's children against the hearing of their review petition by a three-member bench instead of a five-judge bench. The judges are the same as those on the special implementation bench that oversaw work of the Panama case Joint Investigation Team (JIT). During the hearing, the counsel for Nawaz's children, Salman Akram Raja, pleaded the court to form a five-member bench to hear their review petitions. He also pleaded that their review petition against the judgment of the five-member bench be taken up first. Justice Ejaz observed that the three-judge bench gave the majority verdict in the Panama Papers case and that the decision would not have been different had the three-judge bench given a verdict in the case. However, the bench accepted Raja's plea and sent to the chief justice a request seeking formation of a five-judge bench. The hearing was then adjourned till tomorrow.   INP/AH/LK