Pak Punjab government suspends ex-PM Nawaz Sharif's sentence in corruption case

Pakistan's Punjab provincial government on Tuesday suspended Nawaz Sharif’s seven-year sentence in the Al-Azizia case while two separate courts confirmed his bail in three different corruption cases.

Pakistan's Punjab provincial government on Tuesday suspended Nawaz Sharif’s seven-year sentence in the Al-Azizia case while two separate courts confirmed his bail in three different corruption cases.

The caretaker government of Pakistan's Punjab province on Tuesday suspended Sharif’s seven-year sentence in the Al-Azizia corruption case.

The government's decision came at the time when Sharif was appearing before the Islamabad High Court to seek bail in the Al-Azizia case.

"The former Prime Minister's sentence has been suspended after the provincial cabinet's approval. The decision has been taken in the light of a higher court that allowed the Punjab government to suspend Nawaz's conviction in the Al-Azizia case on medical grounds," the government said in a statement.