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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Munir Ahmed

Pakistani court extends protection from arrest in graft cases to former premier Nawaz Sharif

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A Pakistani court has extended protection from arrest to former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif in graft cases while another withdrew its arrest warrant against him on Tuesday following his return home after four years of self-imposed exile in London.

Sharif appeared at the Islamabad High Court and the anti-graft tribunal to appeal his 2018 conviction on corruption and clear his name prior to parliamentary elections due in January.

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