Nawaz Sharif to be freed
September 19, 2018  16:05
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A court in Islamabad has ordered the release of the country's former prime minister Nawaz Sharif and his daughter Maryam Nawaz and son-in-law Capt (retd) Safdar. 


The Sharifs are on parole after former first lady Begum Kulsoom Nawaz's death last week. Soon after their release from Adiala Jail on parole, they departed for Lahore aboard a special plane from Islamabad Airport late on Tuesday.


An anti-corruption court in Islamabad on July 6 sentenced Nawaz Sharif to 10 years in prison. His daughter was sentenced to seven years in jail and and son-in-law awarded one-year jail term.


The court also imposed a fine of Pound 8 million on Sharif and Pound 2 million on Maryam.


Sharif was disqualified as Prime Minister in July 2017 by the Supreme Court following a challenge to his office by then Opposition leader Imran Khan on the basis of publication of the Panama Papers, which alleged that the Sharif family stashed away assets in London through offshore companies Nescoll and Nelson. The companies are owned by Sharif's son Hussain Nawaz. Assets in question are four expensive flats in London worth over Pound 200 million.


Image: File pic of Pakistan's former prime minister Nawaz Sharif and his daughter Maryam Nawaz.
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