The Supreme Court on Wednesday disposed of the federal government’s appeal against the Lahore High Court’s May 7 order granting conditional permission to PML-N president Shehbaz Sharif to travel abroad for medical treatment.

Attorney General Khalid Javed Khan withdrew the appeal after Shehbaz assured that he would not pursue the application he has filed in the LHC seeking contempt of court against the government for not allowing him to fly out of the country in violation of its May 7 order.

The SC held that the way the opposition leader was given relief cannot be cited as an example in any case.

On May 7, the Lahore High Court granted one-time permission to the PML-N leader to travel abroad for medical treatment.

Shehbaz reached Allama Iqbal International Airport Lahore in wee hours of May 8 to fly out of the country but was stopped from boarding a Qatar-bound flight due to his name still being on the blacklist.