Shehbaz Sharif is currently leading a coalition government in Pakistan led by his Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N). Pakistan People's Party has given support to Sharif's party from outside but is not part of the government.
The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Thursday ordered a district and sessions court to decide on petitions seeking suspension of sentence of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) founder and his wife Bushra Bibi in the iddat case in 10 days, Pakistan-based Geo News reported.
According to details, the judicial magistrate Malik Muhammad Imran announced the reserved verdict and Imran Khan, Shah Mehmood Qureshi and Awami Muslim League (AML) chief Sheikh Rasheed.
After listening to arguments from all parties in the case, the Islamabad High Court barred the new election tribunals from continuing proceedings till the next hearing.
The family members of the Reasi bus terror attack, in which nine people lost their lives, urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to give a befitting reply to Pakistan.
Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and Chinese President Xi Jinping reaffirmed their consensus on the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor's (CPEC) high-quality development and the timely completion of major ongoing projects in a meeting, reported Dawn.
Session Judge Shahrukh Arjumand had written a letter to the Chief Justice of the Islamabad High Court requesting the transfer of the case after Bushra Bibi's former husband Khawar Manika had voiced objections to Session Judge Shahrukh Arjumand.
IHC Chief Justice Aamer Farooq and Justice Miangul Hassan Aurangzeb announced the verdict after accepting the appeals of Imran Khan and Shah Mahmood Qureshi against their convictions in the cypher case.