Pakistan
Pakistan Leader of Opposition Shehbaz Sharif released after seven months
Islamabad/UNI: Pakistan's Leader of the Opposition in the National Assembly and PML-N president Shehbaz Sharif was on Friday released from jail after seven months in captivity.
Sharif, who was put up at Lahore's Kot Lakhpat central jail was granted post-arrest bail in a money laundering reference by a full bench of the Lahore High Court on Thursday.
Release orders of Sharif, who has also served as the Chief Minister of Punjab province for three times were furnished before the jail authorities on Friday after he submitted surety bonds required by the Court.
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