Pakistan ex-PM Sharif sentenced to 10 years for corruption
Activists of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) celebrate after the sentencing decision against former prime minister Nawaz Sharif, in Karachi on July 6, 2018. Pakistan's former prime minister Nawaz Sharif was sentenced in absentia to 10 years in prison by a corruption court in Islamabad on July 6, lawyers said, dealing a serious blow to his party's troubled campaign ahead of July 25 elections. ASIF HASSAN / AFP
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The verdict, a potentially significant boost for the main opposition party led by former World Cup cricketer Imran Khan, immediately raised questions over whether Sharif will return to Pakistan from London, where his wife is receiving cancer treatment. Pakistan has no extradition treaty with the UK.
