Punjab Chief Minister Usman Buzdar has approved the five-day parole of PML-N President Shehbaz Sharif and his son Hamza Shahbaz. The request was approved to allow them to attend the funeral procession of Shehbaz's mother Begum Shamim Akhtar.

Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader Attaullah Tarar on Monday had submitted an application to the deputy commissioner for parole release of PML-N President Shehbaz Sharif and his son Hamza Shahbaz for two weeks.

The plaintiff, in the application, took the stance that parole relief should be granted to the Leader of the Opposition in the National Assembly Shehbaz Sharif and the Leader of the Opposition in the Punjab Assembly Hamza Shahbaz on a humanitarian basis.

The applicant said that there is no bigger loss in this world than the passing away of one’s mother, therefore, Shehbaz Sharif and Hamza Shahbaz should be released immediately so that they can pay their respects to the departed soul.

The application was submitted after the Punjab government on Sunday decided to release them both on parole after submission of a formal application.

In a statement released by Punjab Minister for Prisons, Fayyaz-ul-Hassan Chohan said that releasing Shehbaz Sharif and his son Hamza Shehbaz on parole was their legal and moral right, adding that the provincial government will take a decision after receiving an application from the Sharif family. the Punjab government had decided on Sunday to release them both on parole after submission of a formal application.

The parole-based release will come into effect once Begum Shamim's body reaches Pakistan.