The Islamabad High Court on Wednesday suspended the prison sentences of former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, his daughter Maryam Nawaz and son-in-law Muhammad Safdar in a corruption case. Justice Athar Minallah and Justice Miangul Hassan Aurangzeb gave the ruling on petitions filed by the three challenging the July verdict against[Read More…]
Tag: Former Pakistan PM Nawaz Sharif
Nawaz Sharif’s wife passes away in London
Begum Kulsoom, wife of former Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif breathed her last at a Harley Street Clinic in London, on Tuesday September 11. Kalsoom was 68, and had been battling with lymphoma (throat) cancer since August 2017. Kulsoom was placed on life support earlier today after her health had[Read More…]
Pakistan Election: Opposition rejects result, demands new poll
A multi-party conference (MPC) and Pakistan Peoples Party late on Friday rejected the just-concluded Pakistan election results, demanding a transparent and free and fair re-election. A multi-party conference (MPC), called to devise a joint strategy over alleged rigging in the 2018 general elections of Pakistan, demanded a transparent re-election and[Read More…]
Nawaz and Maryam Sharif arrested at Lahore airport.
Pakistan: Former Pakistani prime minister Nawaz Sharif and daughter Maryam Nawaz Sharif have been arrested in Lahore. Both the convicts have returned to Pakistan from London after a week of conviction in the Avenfield property case. Upon their arrival, their passports were confiscated. Sharif’s mother, along with a huge number of party[Read More…]
Avenfield corruption case: Former Pakistan PM Nawaz Sharif sentenced to 10 years in jail
In a corruption case involving the purchase of four luxury apartments in London, an anti-graft court in Pakistan sentenced former Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif to 10 years in jail and fine with £8 million, while his daughter Maryam Sharif has been sentenced seven years of jail punishment and fined[Read More…]