Lahore:A Lahore-based accountability court has accepted former Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif's petition seeking exemption from appearing before it in the Chaudhry Sugar Mills corruption case on medical grounds.
While addressing the media on Friday, Sharif's lawyer Amjad Pervaiz said that a new medical certificate had been submitted to the court.
"Nawaz Sharif is under clinical supervision," the council said, adding: "He will undergo a medical examination which is scheduled to take place in the last week of February."
In light of the scheduled procedures, Sharif was not fit to travel to Pakistan, Pervaiz said, adding the former leader will face trial when he recovers.
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