Pakistan NAB to challenge release of Sharif and family in SC

Nawaz Sharif (back) sits in a vehicle alongside his younger brother Shahbaz Sharif (right) following his release from prison. Pic/AFP

Pakistan's anti-graft body on Thursday decided to challenge in the Supreme Court the suspension of the jail sentences of former prime minister Nawaz Sharif, his daughter and son-in-law in a corruption case.

The Islamabad High Court on Wednesday suspended the jail sentences of Sharif, his daughter and son-in-law, and they were released from prison in Rawalpindi, in a blow to the National Accountability Bureau (NAB). The sentences on the trio will remain suspended till the final adjudication of the appeals filed by the petitioners.

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