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Nawaz Sharif fails to prove a legal source of income for buying several luxury flats in London in the 1990s.

2013

Elected prime minister for the third time. The PML-N sweeps back to power in an election the gives its allies a solid National Assembly majority. April 2016

The leaked Panama Papers show involvement of Sharif’s family in offshore companies including two used to buy luxury homes in London. October 2016

Imran Khan threatens to paralyse Islamabad unless demands for an independent investigation into the Panama revelations are met. Sharif denies any wrongdoing. November 2016

Supreme Court agrees to set up a judicial commission to probe corruption allegations against Sharif. Imran Khan backs down from lockdown threat. July 2017

Supreme Court declares Sharif disqualified from office for not declaring income from a company in the UAE, which was not in original Panama Papers revelations. July 2017

The court also orders the accountability bureau to open a criminal trial into ownership of the London flats along with several other Panama Papers revelations. April 2018

A Supreme Court bench rules Nawaz Sharif is banned from political office for life in a case determining the period of disqualification. July 2018

An accountability court convicts Nawaz Sharif of corruption and sentences him in absentia to 10 years in prison also imposes a fine.