Nawaz Sharif gets seven yrs in jail for graft
Tuesday, 25 December 2018
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.