{"id":49008,"date":"2017-10-26T10:04:48","date_gmt":"2017-10-26T10:04:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/?p=49008"},"modified":"2017-10-26T10:04:48","modified_gmt":"2017-10-26T10:04:48","slug":"pakistani-court-issues-arrest-warrant-ex-premier-sharif","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/world-news\/pakistani-court-issues-arrest-warrant-ex-premier-sharif.html","title":{"rendered":"Pakistani court issues arrest warrant for ex-Premier Sharif"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 18pt\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">Pakistani court issues arrest warrant for ex-Premier Sharif<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">Pakistani court issues arrest warrant for ex-Premier Sharif:- A Pakistani judge issued an arrest warrant for former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Thursday, after he failed to appear in court in the capital, Islamabad, to face corruption charges.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">The developments are the latest in an ongoing saga surrounding the disgraced Sharif who was dismissed from office in July by the country\u2019s Supreme court for concealing assets abroad.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">Judge Mohammad Bashir also rejected a request from Sharif\u2019s lawyer Khawaja Haris that the former premier be exempted from court appearances in order to remain in London, where his ailing wife is getting medical treatment.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">Though Sharif was a no-show, his daughter, Maryam Nawaz, and her husband, Mohammad Safdar \u2014 both also charged in the same case as Sharif \u2014 were present in the courtroom though Sharif\u2019s two sons, also charged in the same case, were absent. The sons are also in London.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">The judge then scheduled the next hearing for Nov. 3. Sharif, who has been indicted in three corruption cases over concealing assets abroad, has skipped several court hearings so far. Under Pakistani law, he can be arrested as soon as he returns from abroad unless he is granted bail before the next hearing.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">The 67-year-old Sharif and his family members have criticized the judiciary since he was removed from office on charges stemming from a trove of documents \u2014 known as the Panama Papers \u2014 that investigators say showed the family held unreported assets overseas.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">Sharif and his family have denied any wrongdoing. After leaving the courtroom, Nawaz said her father was being victimized.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">Also Thursday, Pakistan\u2019s election commission dropped contempt charges against a top opposition leader, cricket-star-turned-politician Imran Khan, after he submitted a written apology for making insulting remarks against the commission.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">Khan, whose supporters hope to see him as prime minster after the next elections in 2018, angered the commission earlier this year when he declared that it was biased. On Thursday, he told the commission that his criticism was not intended as an insult and that he respects the courts.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 8pt\">Source:-\u00a0https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/world\/asia_pacific\/pakistani-court-issues-arrest-warrant-for-ex-premier-sharif\/2017\/10\/26\/3b4435c6-ba13-11e7-9b93-b97043e57a22_story.html?utm_term=.561b5fd48635<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-background-color\">\n\t\t\t  <div \n\t\t\t  \tclass = \"fb-comments\" \n\t\t\t  \tdata-href = \"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/world-news\/pakistani-court-issues-arrest-warrant-ex-premier-sharif.html\"\n\t\t\t  \tdata-numposts = \"10\"\n\t\t\t  \tdata-lazy = \"true\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-colorscheme = \"light\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-order-by = \"social\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-mobile=true>\n\t\t\t  <\/div><\/div>\n\t\t  <style>\n\t\t    .fb-background-color {\n\t\t\t\tbackground: #ffffff !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t.fb_iframe_widget_fluid_desktop iframe {\n\t\t\t    width: 630px !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t  <\/style>\n\t\t  ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pakistani court issues arrest warrant for ex-Premier Sharif Pakistani court issues arrest warrant for ex-Premier Sharif:- A Pakistani judge issued an arrest warrant for former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Thursday, after he failed to appear in court in the capital, Islamabad, to face corruption charges. 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