Pak ex-PM Nawaz Sharif gets bail

A Pakistan High Court yesterday granted bail to three-times former prime minister Nawaz Sharif in corruption cases until October 26, his lawyer said. Sharif was convicted on corruption charges in two cases after his ouster as prime minister in 2017. He returned to Pakistan last week after four years in self-exile in London, promising to work toward an economic recovery for the South Asian country. The Islamabad High Court extended the protective bail for Sharif after prosecutors from the anti-graft agency said they did not have any objection to the extension as long as he turned up for the trial, said Sharif's lawyer, Azam Nazeer.