Pakistan:Former PM arrested for corruption case

Pakistan court sentences former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif to 7 years in jail in Al-Azizia Steel Mills corruption case, acquits in other.

Nawaz Sharif arrested from Court premises after an accountability court sentenced him to seven years in prison and slapped a fine of $25 million in Al Azizia corruption case.

Mian Muhammad Nawaz Sharif is a Pakistani businessman and politician who served for three non-consecutive terms as the Prime Minister of Pakistan, and for two terms as the Chief Minister of Punjab.