ISLAMABAD: The government has announced to challenge the Lahore High Court (LHC) decision allowing Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) President Shahbaz Sharif to travel abroad.

Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Fawad Chaudhry while addressing a press conference along with Adviser to PM on Accountability Shehzad Akbar, said that the government had its options open regarding the verdict.

"Allowing Shehbaz to leave is tantamount to acknowledging the prevalent class system [in the country], as other prisoners don't enjoy the privilege of receiving treatment abroad. It gives rise to the impression that elites can set themselves free while the poor languish in jails," the information minister stated.

He added that these kinds of special allowances could destroy a society, calling for there to be one law for all.

Fawad further stated that, "We respect the decisions of the court but we have our legal options open, and we will exercise our right to appeal."

He said that the manner in which Shehbaz Sharif was allowed to go out was also a flaw of our system.

The Information Minister further said that courts and prosecution agencies also have to play their role in eradicating corruption in the country.

Speaking on the occasion Shehzad Akbar said that some people of PML-N are distorting the facts and misleading the people, but the evidence against them is documented and it won't go away.