Jul 12, 2018
Pakistan Minister Says Ex-PM Sharif Will Be Arrested at Airport
, Bloomberg News
(Bloomberg) -- Former Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif will be arrested at the airport when he lands at Lahore airport from London on Friday to appeal his conviction and face a 10-year jail sentence handed down by an anti-corruption court.
Sharif and his daughter Maryam, who was given a seven-year sentence by the same court last week, won’t be allowed to leave the airport, the caretaker Information Minister Syed Ali Zafar said in broadcast comments.
To contact the reporter on this story: Kamran Haider in Islamabad at khaider2@bloomberg.net
To contact the editors responsible for this story: Chris Kay at ckay5@bloomberg.net, Khalid Qayum
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