SC rejects Nawaz's petition for bail extension in Al Azizia case.

The Supreme Court of Pakistan on Friday rejected a petition by former prime minister Nawaz Sharif for an extension in the bail granted to him on medical grounds.

A three-member bench headed by Chief Justice Asif Saeed Khosa heard the petition, which the former premier had filed as he sought an extension in the bail until a decision on the review petition.

Nawaz had been granted bail on medical grounds by the apex court on March 26 for six weeks. On April 25, he had submitted a review petition in the Supreme Court seeking a permanent bail.

His bail is set to expire on May 7.

As today's hearing went under way, Chief Justice Khosa remarked that the bench "will not talk about anything concerning the future".

"Doctors can comment better on his illness," the top judge observed, adding, "This was part of the...