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Nawaz Sharif, daughter released from jail

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Update: 2018-09-20 09:36:18
Nawaz Sharif, daughter released from jail

Pakistan's former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has been released from prison, two months after he began a 10-year jail sentence for corruption.

The release came hours after a court suspended the sentences of Sharif and his daughter Maryam, who were jailed shortly before July's general election.

Sharif's Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) lost to Imran Khan's Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) later that month.

The decision came during the Sharifs' appeal. They have denied wrongdoing.

The car carrying Sharif, his daughter and son-in-law Safdar Awan was showered with rose petals by supporters as their convoy left Adiala jail.

The three then flew to Lahore, where they were met by more jubilant supporters.

Their release comes just a week after Sharif's wife, Kulsoom Nawaz, died from cancer in London.

They were briefly allowed out of prison in Rawalpindi to attend her funeral in Lahore before being imprisoned again.

BBC Online

BDST: 0934 HRS, SEPT 20, 2018
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