ISLAMABAD – Federal Information Minister Fawad Chaudhry on Saturdayannounced that the government will challenge the Lahore High Court’sdecision of allowing PML-N leader Shehbaz Sharif to go abroad.

Taking to twitter, Fawad Ch said that the Shehbaz Sharif did not approachthe FIA DG for removing his name from the blacklist.

The federal minister said that the director-general of the FederalInvestigation Agency (FIA) has the power to add or remove any name from theblacklist.

On May 7, the Lahore High Court (LHC) allowed Opposition leader ShehbazSharif to fly abroad for medical treatment.

However, Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) President Shehbaz Sharif wasoff-loaded from a flight leaving for Doha on Saturday morning. Theimmigration officials said: “Your name is still on the blacklist. And, it[the blacklist available with them] has not been updated so far.”