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Pakistan SC refuses to reopen another graft case against Sharifs

Pakistan's Supreme Court today refused to reopen another corruption case against ousted premier Nawaz Sharif and his embattled family. <br/><br/>The three-member bench of Justice Mushir Alam, Justice Qazi Faez Isa and Justice Mazhar Alam Khan Miankhel rejected an appeal by the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) against a 2014 decision of the Lahore High Court that quashed the case for lack of evidence.<br/><br/>Today's decision is a major relief for the Sharif family as it was feared that after his disqualification, his younger brother Shehbaz Sharif, who is the chief minister of Punjab province, could also face the similar fate if the case was reopened. <br/><br/>Sharif, 67, and some of his family members, including his two sons and a daughter are already facing corruption charges in the Panama Papers case relating to their ownership of posh properties in London. <br/><br/>He resigned as prime minister in July after the Supreme Court disqualified him over undeclared income.

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