Court Exempts PM, CM Punjab From Appearance In Money Laundering Case.

A court in Lahore on Wednesday exempted Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and Punjab Chief Minister Hamza Shehbaz from attending Wednesday's hearing of a money laundering case against them.

The Lawyer for both Shehbaz and Hamza told Judge Naseem Ahmed Virk that the prime minister was busy in Islamabad due to the National Assembly's (NA) session, Hamza, on the other hand, could not appear because he had to attend the Punjab Assembly's budget session.

Meanwhile, the lawyers of Shehbaz and Hamza will be giving arguments in the favour of granting to their clients permanent exemption from appearance in the court.

The Court on Monday issued the written order of approval of the interim bails of PM...

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