(UTV|COLOMBO) – A court in Pakistan on Wednesday ordered the release of ousted prime minister Nawaz Sharif and his daughter and suspended their jail sentence in a corruption case, media reported.
Sharif, his daughter Maryam and son-in-law Capt (retd) M Safdar are serving jail terms in the Adiala Jail in Rawalpindi after being convicted by an accountability court in a corruption case in July. The Islamabad High Court ordered all three to be released.