Ex-pakistani PM Sharif sentenced to ten years jail

A Pakistani anti-corruption tribunal yesterday announced a much-awaited ruling in a case against former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, sentencing him to 10 years in prison over purchases of luxury apartments in London.

Sharif, who is in London with his ailing wife, was not in the courtroom for the verdict and was sentenced in absentia. It’s unlikely Pakistan will seek his extradition and the former premier hours after the ruling said he was returning home, without specifying a date. “I am coming back to Pakistan,” he said at a news conference. “I am not afraid of jail.” He said he would continue his struggle “for the supremacy of law and the constitution.” Sharif said his wife was on a respirator at a London hospital and he was waiting for her to regain consciousness.