Later he was given bail in September.Sharif, 69, is lodged in the Kot Lakhpat jail in Lahore since December last year, serving a 7-year imprisonment in the Al Azizia Steel Mills graft case.He filed appeal earlier this month against a judgment by the Islamabad High Court which Carriage bolt Manufacturers on February 25 rejected his bail on medical grounds in the same case.In December, the accountability court convicted him in the Al-Azizia graft case but acquitted him in the Flagship corruption case.The Al-Azizia Steel Mill case is related to setting up steel mills in Saudi Arabia allegedly with corruption.
Islamabad: In a relief to Nawaz Sharif, Pakistans Supreme Court on Tuesday granted bail to the jailed former prime minister for six weeks on medical grounds.But the court ruled he cannot [...]