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World / Asia

Pakistan court frees ousted prime minister Sharif and daughter

Published: 19 Sep 2018 - 01:30 pm | Last Updated: 09 Nov 2021 - 05:32 pm
Peninsula

Reuters

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan's high court on Wednesday ordered the release from jail of ousted Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and his daughter, suspending the sentences they received from an accountability court in July, domestic media said.
Geo TV and other broadcasters said the court suspended the 10-year sentence for Sharif and the seven-year term given to his daughter Maryam Nawaz over corrupt practices linked to his family's ownership of upscale London flats. (Reporting by Saad Sayeed; Editing by Clarence Fernandez)