Pak Court Verdict In Nawaz Sharif's Corruption Case Today

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Nawaz Sharif on Wednesday appealed to the courts to delay the judgment while he is in London tending his wife, who is being treated for cancer.

Islamabad: A Pakistani court is due to rule on Friday in an anti-corruption case against ousted Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and his daughter over the ownership of luxurious London properties that could see the former leader jailed if found guilty.
The decision, due weeks before the country heads to the polls on July 25, is expected at a time of intensifying allegations of military meddling in politics and media claims that the press is being muzzled.

Nawaz Sharif has a history of differences with the military, which has ruled the nuclear-armed country for almost half of its history, and ousted him from power in 1999 in a bloodless coup.
Sharif, who denies wrongdoing, on Wednesday appealed to the courts to delay the judgment while he is in London tending his wife, who is being treated for cancer.

Since his removal by the Supreme Court in July 2017, Sharif has argued that the military establishment, aided by top members of the judiciary, is using a series of cases against him and others in his party to tip the scales in favour of cricketer-turned-politician Imran Khan.

The court case centres on upscale London flats that the Sharifs say they bought through legitimate means. But the National Accountability Bureau has alleged the family has been unable to explain how it paid for them.

Sharif, 67, resigned in July after the Supreme Court disqualified him from holding office over an undeclared source of income, but the veteran leader maintains his grip on the ruling Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) party.

Khan is running on a socially conservative, anti-corruption platform. He denies colluding with the military establishment and praises the disqualifications and prosecutions of PML-N figures as a long-needed crackdown on graft.

Last month, former Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi was barred from running in his home constitutency by the election commission. The ban was later overturned.