No decision of court can weaken my relationship with people: Nawaz Sharif
World | November 19, 2017 20:22 ISTWith Sunday's rally, former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has kicked off his PML-N drive to reach out to the masses.
With Sunday's rally, former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has kicked off his PML-N drive to reach out to the masses.
An accountability court on November 8 rejected an application filed by Sharif to have the three cases filed by the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) against him and his family merged into one.
3 cases were filed against Sharif, his two sons Hassan and Husain, daughter Maryam and son-in-law Muhammad Safdar on Sept 8 by NAB.
Nawaz Sharif today appeared before an anti-graft court to face trial in corruption cases against him in the Panama Papers scandal that forced him to resign.
Nawaz Sharif also dismissed reports about differences within his family, saying that "it's a wishful thinking of someone, but this desire will never be fulfilled".
The Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) is currently facing political uncertainty in the wake of corruption cases against its top leadership.
Sharif and some of his family members are facing charges relating to their ownership of properties in London.
Nawaz Sharif has been indicted by an anti-graft court in three cases of corruption related to his investments abroad and in other offshore companies.
Nawaz Sharif today returned home from London to face trial in the corruption cases spiralling from the Panama Papers scandal.
Accountability court in Pakkistan has issued arrest warrants against former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif.
Nawaz Sharif had reached London on October 4 to spend time with his wife Kulsoom who is undergoing treatment for cancer.
Pakistan's former president Asif Ali Zardari has claimed that ousted prime minister Nawaz Sharif and his brother Shahbaz Sharif twice planned to assassinate him.
The National Accountability Court charged Sharif in absentia for holding assets beyond his known sources of income and read out a chargesheet to his representative Zafir Khan.
The accountability court in Islamabad indicted 67-year- old Sharif, his daughter Maryam Nawaz and her husband retired Captain Mohammad Safdar in the London properties reference
Pak's anti-graft body had earlier froze the bank accounts and seized properties of Nawaz Sharif and his family members to put pressure on them to appear before the court.
Pakistan's anti-corruption authorities took Nawaz Sharif's son-in-law and former army captain Muhammad Safdar into custody minutes after his arrival from London.
Nawaz Sharif left his Jati Umra residence this morning amid high security and reached the Lahore airport to catch a PIA flight for London.
Nawaz Sharif, who was re-elected as the head of the ruling PML-N today, further said that he was ousted as prime minister despite the fact that he was not found guilty of any wrongdoing in Panamagate.
Sharif had to step down as the chief of the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) after he was disqualified as the prime minister by the Supreme Court on July 28 in the Panama Papers scandal.
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