Arrest warrant issued against Nawaz Sharif

A Pakistani court on Thursday issued arrest warrants against ousted Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif in two cases of corruption spiralling from the Panama Papers leak, his lawyers said.

Mr. Sharif is in London with his wife Kalsum as she undergoes cancer treatment, and has not returned to Pakistan since he was indicted in the corruption allegations earlier this month, despite reports he would do so.

“The accountability court issued bailable warrants for the former Prime Minister in two cases of alleged corruption today and adjourned [the] hearing until November 3,” one of his defence lawyers, Zafir Khan, told AFP.