Pakistan's ex-PM Nawaz Sharif gets bail in corruption cases - lawyer


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  • Tuesday, 24 Oct 2023

FILE PHOTO: Pakistan's former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif addresses supporters upon his arrival from a self-imposed exile in London, ahead of the 2024 Pakistani general election, in Lahore, Pakistan October 21, 2023. REUTERS/Mohsin Raza/File Photo

ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - A Pakistan High Court on Tuesday granted bail to three-times former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif in corruption cases until Oct. 26, his lawyer said.

Sharif was convicted on corruption charges in two cases after his ouster as prime minister in 2017.

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