Pakistan acquits ex-premier in a graft case. He’s now closer to running in elections
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Pakistan acquits ex-premier in a graft case. He’s now closer to running in elections

LA Times  

A Pakistani court acquitted former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif in a graft case on Wednesday, removing a major obstacle for him to run in parliamentary elections in February. Sharif, who served as prime minister three times, returned to Pakistan in October after four years of self-exile abroad to avoid serving out a 10-year prison sentence on corruption charges. A year after Sharif stepped down, the 2018 parliamentary elections brought widely popular cricket star turned Islamist politician Imran Khan to power. Khan — Sharif’s successor and main political rival — was ousted in a no-confidence vote in April 2022 and is now in prison, serving a three-year sentence on corruption charges.

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