ISLAMABAD: Pakistan's Supreme Court agreed yesterday to release jailed former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on bail for six weeks to receive medical treatment but said he would not be allowed to leave the country. Sharif is serving a seven-year sentence imposed last year for failing to disclose the source of income that allowed him to acquire the Al-Azizia Steel Mills in Saudi Arabia. The sentence would be suspended for six weeks from the date of Sharif's release. - Reuters
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ISLAMABAD: Ousted Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif gestures prior to a press conference in Islamabad. Sharif was ousted by the Supreme Court over graft allegations last year. —AFP
Sharif gets bail on medical grounds
March 26, 2019 10:03 PM