<span style="color: #222222;">The Islamabad High Court today acquitted former Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif in the Al-Azizia Steel mill corruption case. The acquittal comes as Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) chief eyes a record fourth term as premier in the next general elections.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"> </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">73-year-old Sharif was sentenced to seven years in jail and imposed a heavy fine by an anti-corruption court in December 2018 after he failed to convince the court that he had nothing to do with the steel mill set up by his father in 2001 in Saudi Arabia.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"> </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">The former Prime Minister has already been acquitted in the Avenfield case in which he was convicted in July 2018 and sentenced to ten years in Jail.  </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"> </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"> The PML-N Chief was living in exile in Saudi Arabia when the mill was set up, after the former military ruler Pervez Musharraf toppled his government in 1999 and bundled the former first family out of the country. Sharif's son Hussain Nawaz was the administrative head of the mill. Sharif, the only Pakistani politician who became the Prime Minister of the country for a record three times, returned to the country this October to lead his party in general elections scheduled in February next year.</span><br />