Maryam, cousin's remand extended in sugar mills case.

LAHORE -- An accountability court on Friday extended until November 8 the judicial remand of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) Vice President Maryam Nawaz and her cousin Yousaf Abbas Sharif in Chaudhry Sugar Mills case.

At the outset of the proceedings, Maryam broke into tears while talking about the health of her father, Nawaz Sharif, who has been granted bail by a bench of the Lahore High Court in the same case. Nawaz is being treated at Services Hospital while his platelet count was significantly declining. Afterwards, the accountability court directed the authorities concerned to submit Nawaz's medical...