Pakistan's ex-PM Nawaz Sharif gets bail in corruption cases - media

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Pakistan's former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif prepares to release a pigeon in front of supporters, following his arrival from a self-imposed exile in London, ahead of the 2024 Pakistani general election, in Lahore, Pakistan, October 21, 2023. REUTERS/Mohsin Raza
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Sharif was convicted on corruption charges in two cases after his ousting as Prime Minister in 2017

Asif Shahzad, Reuters News

October 24, 2023

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Pakistan's former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif prepares to release a pigeon in front of supporters, following his arrival from a self-imposed exile in London, ahead of the 2024 Pakistani general election, in Lahore, Pakistan, October 21, 2023. REUTERS/Mohsin Raza

ISLAMABAD - A Pakistan High Court on Tuesday granted bail to three-times former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif in corruption cases until Oct. 26, local Geo TV said.

Sharif was convicted on corruption charges in two cases after his ousting as Prime Minister in 2017. He returned to Pakistan last week after four years in self-exile in London.

(Reporting by Asif Shahzad, editing by Ed Osmond)

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