Pakistan to ban jailed ex-PM Sharif from travelling abroad


  • World
  • Monday, 20 Aug 2018

FILE PHOTO: Ousted Prime Minister of Pakistan, Nawaz Sharif, speaks during a news conference at a hotel in London, Britain July 11, 2018. REUTERS/Hannah McKay/File Photo

ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistan will bar jailed former leader Nawaz Sharif from travelling abroad, the government said on Monday, in one of the first decisions taken by new Prime Minister Imran Khan's cabinet.

Sharif was convicted of corruption by an anti-graft court in July and jailed for 10 years. His and his daughter Maryam Nawaz, sentenced to seven years on the same charges, are appealing against their convictions.

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