We've no issue if court allows Nawaz to travel abroad: Shahzad Akbar.

ISLAMABAD -- Special Assistant to Prime Minister Imran Khan on Accountability, Shahzad Akbar on Friday, said the federal government will accept the court decision if it allows former premier Nawaz to travel abroad for medical treatment, media reported.

Rejecting the stance that the government was doing politics over the health of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) supremo Nawaz Sharif, Shehzad Akbar said the government cannot remove the name of a convicted person from Exit Control List (ECL) as per law.'

'PML-N is doing politics over the health of Nawaz Sharif. Govt allowed one-time permission to Nawaz which was in the jurisdiction. Unfortunately, PML-N is politicizing the issue unnecessarily,' said Shahzad Akbar while talking to media.

The Lahore High Court (LHC) had rejected a plea by the federal government and the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) seeking to dismiss a petition of former prime minister Nawaz Sharif for being 'non-maintainable.'

A division bench, headed by Justice Ali Baqir Najafi, on Friday ruled that this court can hear the PML-N supremo's petition through which he sought...