Nawaz Sharif
... served two non-consecutive terms as prime minister, heads the Pakistain Moslem League (Nawaz). Noted for his spectacular corruption, the 1998 Pak nuclear test, border war with India, and for being tossed by General Musharraf, then by the courts..., who was removed as prime minister in 2017 by the Supreme Court for allegedly concealing overseas assets, faces charges of money laundery, tax evasion and building off-shore assets.
The trial was scheduled to conclude this week, but the Supreme Court extended the deadline to July 10, a fortnight ahead of parliamentary elections in which Sharif's party is a frontrunner.
"We have decided not to pursue the trial because our request for an indefinite extension was rejected," Sharif's chief attorney Khawaja Haris told news hounds on Monday.
The court indicted Sharif, his daughter and son-in-law over charges related to his two previous terms in power in 1990s. The probe into the family was triggered by the Panama papers leak in 2016.
Sharif's previous two terms in power in the 1990s ended prematurely. The first term through a direct military coup and the second through forced resignation.