Islamabad , Mar 27 : Pakistan’s Former Prime Minister Naaz Sharif was released from jail on Wednesday after Supreme Court granted him six weeks’ bail to receive medical treatment without “leaving the country”.
According to the Dawn, Nawaz Sharif, who was sentenced to seven years in prison by an accountability court in Al-Azizia reference case last year, left Lahore’s Kot Lakhpat Jail around 12:30 pm.
The three-judge bench led by Pakistan’s Chief Justice Asif Saeed Khosa announced the judgement in the former’s prime minister’s favour.
While reading out the order, Khosa said that Nawaz Sharif will have to surrender himself to the jail authorities after termination of his bail period.
