Accountability court extends Hamza Shahbaz's judicial remand.

LAHORE -- An accountability court (AC) in Lahore has on Wednesday extended Leader of the Opposition in the Punjab Assembly Muhammad Hamza Shahbaz Sharif's judicial remand till November 12 in Ramzan Sugar Mills and money laundering cases.

Hamza Shahbaz was produced before the court by the Kot Lakhpat Jail officials. The AC granted exemption to Leader of the Opposition in the National Assembly Shehbaz Sharif from court appearance on medical grounds as his counsel said that Shehbaz could appear owing to back pain.

AC Judge Amjad Nazir Chaudhry conducted the hearing and asked from the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) prosecutor that when will the reference of the Ramzan...