LAHORE:  Lahore High Court (LHC) on Wednesday  accepted Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf’s (PTI) plea seeking disqualification of Prime Minister (PM) Nawaz Sharif.

According to details, the plea was submitted by PTI leader Gohar Nawaz Sindhu which stated that the Panama leaks has proved that PM Nawaz’s family is involved in money laundering.

He told the court that National Assembly speaker Ayaz Sadiq had dismissed the reference demanding to disqualify Nawaz Sharif as PM.

Justice Shahid Waheed has approved the petition for hearing by directing to include Sadiq’s verdict in the case.

Earlier, LHC consolidated all identical petitions filed against Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s family for allegedly investing in offshore companies and stashing money abroad.