A Pakistani court on Friday sentenced ousted former PM Nawaz Sharif to 10 years in prison over his family's purchase of 4 flats in London's Avenfield House.
A Pakistani court on Friday sentenced ousted Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif to 10 years in prison in one of the corruption cases filed against him. An accountability court in Pakistan sentenced him in the Avenfield corruption case pertaining to his family's purchase of upscale London flats.
While his daughter Maryam Nawaz was sentenced to seven years, his son-in-law Capt (retd) Safdar was given a one year sentence.
The verdict comes as a huge blow to Sharif family ahead of July 25 general election.
Here is all you need to know about the Avenfield corruption case:
1. The Avenfield case was among the three corruption cases filed against Nawaz Sharif and his children by the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) on the Supreme Court's orders in the Panama Papers case which disqualified Sharif.
2. Apart from Sharif, Maryam and son-in-law Capt (retd) Safdar are accused in the case. Sharif's two sons - Hasan and Hussain - also wanted in the case, have been declared proclaimed offenders owing to their no-show.
3. The case pertains to the purchase of four flats (16, 16-A, 17, and 17-A in Avenfield House, Park Lane, London) in the posh Avenfield House in London.
4. While the prosecution alleged that Sharif family obtained the flats through illegal sources, the family insisted that the four flats belong to Nawaz’s sons.
5. The court delivered the verdict after postponing it for four times.
6. While Sharif was fined 8 million pounds (USD 10 million), his daughter Maryam was handed down a 2 million pound (USD 2.6 million) fine.
7. The judgement runs in over 100 pages.
8. The verdict was announced in absentia as Sharif, 68, is in London attending to his wife Kulsoom Nawaz who was diagnosed with throat cancer last year.
9. Sharif and his daughter Maryam have made several trips back and forth from London to attend the hearings and attend to the ailing Kulsoom.
10. Sharif was ordered by the Supreme Court to step down on July 28, 2017 for failing to report a monthly income of 10,000 Emirati dirhams ($2,723) from a company owned by his son. He denies drawing the monthly salary. The apex court and asked the National Accountability Bureau to file references against the Sharif family in connection with corruption cases against them.
(With agency inputs)
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