The Punjab Government has granted three-day extension in the parole period of former Prime Minister Muhammad Nawaz Sharif along Maryam Nawaz and Capt. (R) Muhammad Safdar.

An official of CM Media Cell told Radio Pakistan that the decision was taken during a Punjab Cabinet meeting held in Lahore on Wednesday with Chief Minister Usman Buzdar in the chair.

Earlier, the three convicts were released on parole for twelve hours to attend the funeral of Begum Kulsoom Nawaz, the wife of former Prime Minister Muhammad Nawaz Sharif, who died in London yesterday.