Islamabad High Court has suspended the sentences of former prime minister Nawaz Sharif, his daughter Maryam Nawaz and son-in-law Mohammad Safdar. They will be released from Adiala Jail in Rawalpindi after completion of formalities
Sharif, Maryam Nawaz and Safdar were sentenced by the accountability court on July 610, 10, 7 and 2 years imprisonment respectively in the Avenfield properties case..
According to The Indian Express, “The Supreme Court last year disqualified Sharif from holding the office of prime minister after the Panama Papers scandal. The Sharifs had been sent to the jail in July this year in a corruption case related to their purchase of four luxury flats in Avenfield House in London.”
