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Avenfield Verdict: “Returning To Pakistan,” says Nawaz Sharif after being sentenced to 10 rears’ jail

Avenfield corruption case: Former Pakistan PM Nawaz Sharif sentenced to 10 years in jail

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Avenfield Verdict: "Returning To Pakistan," says Nawaz Sharif after being sentenced to 10 rears' jail

Sentenced to 10 years in jail for corruption, former Pakistan prime minister Nawaz Sharif said this evening that he is not a thief and that he will return to Pakistan soon. “I will continue my struggle from jail. This is a part of the struggle,” Mr Sharif told reporters in London, his daughter Maryam Sharif sitting by his side. Both of them were convicted by an accountability court in Pakistan today in one of the four cases of corruption against Nawaz Sharif – the Avenfield corruption case, which is related to the ownership of four flats in the posh Avenfield House in London. Maryam Sharif was sentenced to seven years in prison.

Avenfield corruption case: Former Pakistan PM Nawaz Sharif sentenced to 10 years in jail

“(Nawaz Sharif) has been awarded 10 years imprisonment” over the purchase of high-end properties in London, defence lawyer Mohammad Aurangzeb told news agency AFP. Prosecution lawyer Sardar Muzaffar Abbas also said that the court had ordered the properties be confiscated.

The verdict came three weeks before general elections in Pakistan on July 25.

The case also involves Sharif’s son-in-law Captain (retired) Safdar, who was sentenced to one year in jail. Sharif’s two sons, Hasan and Hussain, who are also co-accused in the case have already been declared absconders in the case.

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The accountability court in Islamabad has barred Maryam Nawaz, the former first daughter, and her husband Captain (r) Safdar from contesting elections for the next 10 years.

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