A three-time Prime Minister of Pakistan was sentenced to seven-year imprisonment in Al-Azizia case, whereas he was acquitted in Flagship case.
$2.5 million fine was also imposed in a graft case related to ownership of a steel mill in Saudi Arabia.
Security was tight around the judicial complex as a large number of Sharif’s Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) followers and party leaders were present outside the court to show their support for Nawaz.
Nawaz was first expelled from office in 1993 on suspicion of corruption.
In 1997, he won an election. He returned to Pakistan in 2007 and took power once more in 2013 until his disqualification by the apex court last year.
The Supreme Court directed an anti-corruption body to investigate charges regarding his family’s businesses and properties.
The judge initially kept a hold his decision on Sharif’s appeal to send him to Lahore’s Kot Lakhpat jail but later accepted it.
He was arrested from the court room and Judge Muhammad Arshad Malik announced the short order.
