LAHORE: Nawaz Sharif and Maryam Nawaz to leave for England to visit KulsoomNawaz. Both are likely to celebrate Eid ul Fitr in England.

Earlier in the day, Chief Justice of Pakistan Justice Mian Saqib Nisardirected on Sunday the accountability court to announce decision on allthree corruption references against former prime minister Nawaz Sharif andhis family within a month.

A two-member bench headed by the chief justice was hearing thepetitionseeking further extension for the conclusion of trails againstNawaz and his family with regard to corruption references filed by theNational Accountability Bureau (NAB) after apex court’s verdict in PanamaPapers case.

During the hearing, the chief justice rejected Nawaz’s counsel KhawajaHaris’ petition for completing the trial in six weeks, observing that finalverdict against the former premier, his sons, daughter, and son-in-lawshould be announced within a month.

However, the top judge remarked, Nawaz along with his daughter could go tosee his ailing wife Begum Kulsoom Nawaz.

The chief justice granted permission to Nawaz to visit his ailing wifeBegum Kulsoom Nawaz in London.

Nawaz has requested for exemption from court appearances time and again,often citing the reason to be visits to meet his wife.

Kulsoom Nawaz is undergoing treatment for throat cancer for which she wasadmitted to a hospital in London in September 2017. She underwent a surgerywherein doctors removed the cancerous tumours in her throat.

However, it was said that even after chemotherapy sessions the cancerreturned and was spreading to other parts of her body for which she wasbeing treated.