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Pakistan: Court bars former PM Sharif from holding office for life

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Pakistan’s supreme court on April 13, 2018 banned former prime minister Nawaz Sharif for life, preventing the politician from participating in future polls as his embattled party prepares for nationwide elections. (AFP)

Javed Rana
Press TV, Islamabad

A Pakistani court has disqualified deposed Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif from holding office for life. The ruling comes amid Sharif's ongoing corruption trial and ahead of the country’s general elections due this year. Javed Rana reports from Islamabad.


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