TIL Desk/World/Islamabad/ In a relief to the still-grieving Sharif family, a top Pakistani court suspended on Wednesday the jail sentences of the embattled former prime minister Nawaz Sharif, his daughter and son-in-law in a corruption case that jeopardised their political career and ordered their release.
A large number of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz leaders, including Sharif’s brother, Shehbaz Sharif were present in the courtroom and cheered as the judgment was announced. Dozens of jubilant supporters even chanted “Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif!” outside the court.
A two-judge bench of the Islamabad high court heard the petitions filed by Sharif, 68, his daughter Maryam and son-in-law Captain Muhammad Safdar (retired) challenging their conviction related to the purchase of four luxury flats in London through corrupt practices.
“The instant writ petition is allowed and sentence awarded to the petitioners by the accountability court shall remain suspended till the final adjudication of the appeal filed by the petitioner,” reads the judgment. The accountability court judge Mohammad Bashir had sentenced the trio on July 6.
