LAHORE, Oct. 22 -- An accountability court ordered the government to provide facilities to PML-N President and Opposition Leader in National Assembly Shehbaz Sharif in jail.

The court on Oct 20 sent Sharif to jail in a money laundering and illegal assets reference.

PML-N's Deputy Secretary Attaullah Tarar, MPA Malik Muhammad Ahmad Khan and Khalil Tahir Sindhu, all practicing lawyers, appeared on behalf of the opposition leader before the court.

Legal representative complained to the court that at the command of Prime Minister Imran Khan, leader of the opposition had been denied basic facilities in the jail.

PML-N's Deputy Secretary Attaullah Tarar, MPA Malik Muhammad Ahmad Khan and Khalil Tahir Sindhu, all practicing lawyers, appeared...