Nawaz Sharif and Maryam return to Pakistan, arrested from Lahore airport
Lahore, July 13 (IBNS): Minutes after landing at the Lahore airport, former Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and his daughter Maryam was on Friday arrested in connection with corruption charges.
Sharif and Maryam were arrested by a team of National Accountability Bureau (NAB) from the Lahore airport soon after the duo landed in Pakistan.
They are likely to be flown to Rawalpindi.
Security has been beefed up at Lahore to avoid any untoward incident.
The Pakistan administration has ordered for a complete shut down of mobile phones in the city from 3 pm to 12 am.
In a major blow to Nawaz Sharif ahead of the general elections, a Pakistani court last Friday handed over the former PM of the country a 10-year jail term over his family’s purchase of upscale London flats.
The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) court declared the verdict after several delays.
Apart from Nawaz Sharif, his daughter Maryam Nawaz Sharif received a seven-year sentence.
The former PM's son-in-law Safdar Awan was given a one-year sentence by the court.
Apart from the jail term, Nawaz has been handed a fine of eight million pounds.
The court has handed over 2m pounds fine by the court.
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