Pakistan’s anti-corruption body has approved a new case against deposed premier Nawaz Sharif, days after Prime Minister Imran Khan urged the authorities to dispose of major graft cases quickly.
A fresh case was approved against Sharif along with former foreign secretary Aizaz Chaudhry, former Intelligence Bureau chief Aftab Sultan and Sharif’s ex-personal secretary Fawad Hasan for “illegally” purchasing 73 high-security vehicles for the security of foreign dignitaries.
Sharif, the 70-year-old supremo of the Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz) who was ousted from power in 2017 by the Supreme Court on corruption charges, is currently in London for medical treatment.