Nawaz Sharif gets seven yrs in jail for graft

Former Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has been sent back to jail after a fresh corruption conviction, reports BBC.

The anti-corruption court in Islamabad gave Sharif a seven-year term for investments beyond his declared assets.

Sharif, who denies wrongdoing, was jailed in July in a different corruption case but bailed on appeal when the Islamabad High Court suspended his 10-year sentence in September.

Security around the court in Islamabad was tight for Monday's verdict.

The former ruling party - the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz - had threatened to start a mass protest movement and disrupt parliamentary business if its leader were sent back to prison.