Last Updated: October 19, 2023, 13:01 IST
Nawaz left the country in November 2019 on medical grounds after the Lahore High Court granted him bail for four weeks.
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Pakistan grants bail to ex-PM Nawaz Sharif ahead of his return after four years of exile. Islamabad High Court’s decision coincides with his planned homecoming
Ahead of former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s comeback after four years of self-imposed exile, a Pakistan court granted bail to him in the Avenfield and Al-Azizia cases until October 24. This decision by Islamabad High Court coincides with the PML-N leader’s scheduled return to the country on October 21.
A day earlier, Nawaz had sought protection from arrest from a court in Islamabad ahead of his planned return to the country. Sharif, who lived in voluntary exile in London until this month, is expected to return home on Saturday. He is currently a fugitive from justice, having failed to appear before a court in 2019.
He stepped down in 2017 after a court convicted him of corruption. Two years later, facing further graft charges, he complained of chest pains and was granted permission by his successor, Imran Khan, to travel to London for medical treatment. Once in London in 2019, Sharif prolonged his stay, saying his doctors were not allowing him to travel.
He has been wanted by the Pakistani authorities since 2020, when a court issued a warrant for his arrest after he failed to return home from London.
