ISLAMABAD, DECEMBER 15: Deposed Pakistani premier Nawaz Sharif and his brother Shahbaz Sharif were on Wednesday allowed by the Anti-Terrorism Court to fly to their hometown Lahore because of the death of Sharif's mother-in-law.The administrative judge of Anti-Terrorism Court at Karachi, Shabbir Ahmed, granted the permission to Sharif and his brother on an application moved on their behalf by their counsel Gulbahar Korai on Wednesday morning.The prosecution side did not oppose the application and told the court that necessary arrangements were being made to fly the Sharif brothers to Lahore and back.The Advocate General of Sindh, Raja Qureshi, told the court that necessary arrangements have been made to fly Nawaz Sharif and Shahbaz Sharif on Wednesday to attend religious rituals at Lahore and they would be flown back after that.The deposed premier, under detention since his Government was toppled in an Army coup on October 12, however, could not attend the funeral as his mother-in-law, who had expired late on Tuesday night, was buried in Lahore on Wednesday morning.This would be Sharif's first visit to his hometown since his Government was dismissed by Army Chief Gen Pervez Musharraf, who later assumed power as the Chief Executive of Pakistan.Sharif and his brother, who is the former chief minister of Punjab, along with five others have been accused of criminal conspiracy of waging war against Pakistan, attempted murder and hijacking and face death penalty if convicted.
