Last year, Nawaz Sharif had to resign as prime minister after the Supreme Court disqualified him from holding public office amidst a corruption case against him.
Former Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif was sentenced to seven years in jail after he was found guilty of corruption in the Al-Azizia Steel Mills case, local media reported Monday.
The verdict comes after Nawaz Sharif and his daughter Maryam Nawaz were convicted by the apex court after his family was found to be linked to offshore companies named in the Panama Papers. The two were convicted in July this year, shortly before the general elections in Pakistan.