Pakistani court sentences ex-PM Sharif to 10 years in prison
ISLAMABAD — A Pakistani anti-graft tribunal on Friday announced a much-awaited ruling in a corruption case against former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, sentencing him to 10 years in prison over purchases of luxury apartments in London.
Sharif, who is in London with his ailing wife, was not in the courtroom for the verdict and was sentenced in absentia. It’s unlikely that Pakistan will seek his extradition and the former premier hours after the ruling said he was returning home, without specifying a date.
“I am coming back to Pakistan,” he said at a news conference aired on Pakistani TV. “I am not afraid of jail.”
He said he would continue his struggle “for the supremacy of law and the constitution.”