Shahbaz prevented from flying abroad

PML-N president Shahbaz Sharif was turned back on Saturday at the international airport in Lahore and prevented from leaving the country, his party spokesperson said. Shahbaz, who has been charged with corruption, was not allowed to board a Qatar Airways flight to London, said Maryam Aurangzeb, the party spokeswoman. She said immigration officials at the airport said Sharif ’s name was still “on the black list” so he could not leave.

On Friday, the Lahore High Court ruled that Sharif could leave Pakistan and stay abroad for treatment till early July. The court had acted on a petition from Sharif, who pleaded that as a cancer survivor he now needed treatment outside of Pakistan.

Sharif, who is also leader of the opposition in the lower house of parliament, faces corruption charges in three separate court cases. —