Lahore
The Lahore High Court on Monday directed the federal government to file a reply on October 22 in a petition seeking action against ousted prime minister Nawaz Sharif under treason charges for claiming that those involved in the 2008 Mumbai terror attack belonged to Pakistan.

Former Pakistan premiers Sharif and Shahid Khaqan Abbasi, along with prominent journalist for Dawn newspaper Cyril Almeida, appeared before the full Bench of the Lahore High Court. Almeida is also a respondent in the case being heard by a three-member Bench headed by Justice Mazahar Ali Naqvi. The court ordered Sharif, Abbasi and Almeida to submit written replies by the next hearing.

It inquired Deputy Attorney General Mian Tariq about the action the government had taken with respect to Article 6 (treason) in this case.