LAHORE: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) President and Leader of the Opposition Shahbaz Sharif and Hamza Shahbaz have been released on parole.

Deputy Secretary-General PML-N Ataullah Tarar has filed a petition seeking the release of Shahbaz Sharif and Hamza Shahbaz on parole, requesting that Shahbaz Sharif and Hamza Shahbaz be released on parole to attend the funeral of Begum Shamim Akhtar.

The petition further said that there is no greater shock than the passing away of mother, people from all over the country have to come to offer condolences, therefore Shahbaz Sharif and Hamza Shahbaz should be released on parole immediately for 2 weeks.

It may be recalled that PML-N leader and former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and Shahbaz Sharif’s mother Shamim Akhtar passed away in London yesterday.

PML-N President and Leader of the Opposition Shahbaz Sharif and Hamza Shahbaz are currently in jail.

Funeral prayers of former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s mother Begum Shamim Akhtar will be offered at Sharif Medical City while burial will be held at a designated place near Mian Sharif’s grave.