LAHORE/ISLAMABAD: As the Panama Papers case enters its final round today (Monday), both government and opposition parties are pinning their hopes on the Supreme Court.

The ruling Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N)is shoring up its legal defence, while its archrival, the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI), has vowed to either `celebrate` or `chase the PM all the way toAdiala Jail`.

In Lahore, Prime MinisterNawaz Sharif continued consultations with his legal and political teams on Sunday regarding the objections the ruling family will file against the report of the Joint Investigation Team (JIT).

The prime minister, who arrived on Saturday afternoon,suspended all other engagements and spent nearly the whole day in consultative meetings to f rame the f amily`s stance and devise a strategy to counter political rivals.

There was no official word on the consultations, or the composition of the legal team that would defend the Sharif family in court.

But talking to Dawn, Punjab L aw Minister Rana Sanaullah said that Khawaja Harris, Akram Sheikh, Salman Akram Raja and Barrister Zafarullah would be on the team representing various members of the ruling f amily.

Barrister Zafarullah, the PM`s special assistant on law and jus-tice, will remain part of the team even though, in the words of a ruling party senator, his briefing to the PML-N parliamentary party meeting in Islamabad the other day did not impress some.

The law minister said that contrary to rumours, the ruling party would submit its objections to the JIT report on Monday.

He claimed that the PML-N had concrete evidence to prove untrue the JIT`s assertions about the absence of scrap shipment records from Dubai to Jeddah; the allegation that Nawaz Sharif owned an of fshore company, and that he had been drawing a salary from the same until 2014.

`We`ll present evidence that part of the scrap had been hauled by trucks through land routes and the other shipped. The evidence will include documents issued by the port authorities where the scrap was offloaded.

Similarly, he argued that the PM`s legal team would also prove that the company used to obtain a UAE work visa for PM Sharif was neither an of fshore firm nor did the prime minister draw salary f rom it.

Claiming that the conspiracy against the government had been exposed, PML-N MNA Daniyal Aziz told Dawn that the government had unearthed a letter, sent by the JIT to Saudi authorities, which was dated from before the JIT`s formation.

He said PTI chairman Imran Khan had alluded to the conspiracy himself when he said that Nawaz Sharif`s `legal funeral` would have been heldlast Eidul Azha, `but the butcher had run away`.

`Who was the `butcher` mentioned by Imran Khan, I ask?` Commerce Minister Khurram Dastagir said the government would request the Supreme Court to invoke Article 10-A of the Constitution, which guaranteed justice to all.

Ruling out any rif ts or cracks in the ruling party, he said the entire party backed Nawaz Sharif and his family in the Panamagate saga.

PTI plans Speaking to party members in Islamabad on Sunday, the PTI chief asked his workers to either prepare for celebrations or be ready to chase Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif toAdiala Jail after his wrongdoings had been exposed.

He warned that the government might try to attack the apex court and the army because these were the only two state institutions which had not been hijacked by the PML-N through the appointment of their `own people` to key posts.

`I warn you that the largest-ever gathering of people in the history of the country will pour out onto the streets if you try and malign the Supreme Court and army,` Imran Khan said, addressing PM Sharif.

`The whole country is ready and watching the proceedings of the Supreme Court. You will have no place to hide; you will not be able to fly to Jeddah because Adiala Jail is your final destination.