Pakistan’s former prime minister Nawaz Sharif on Wednesday filed a petition in the Islamabad High Court (IHC) stating that his health condition would not allow him to return home from London and surrender in a corruption case by September 10.
Last week, the IHC gave a “last chance” to the former premier to surrender and appear before it on September 10 for hearing in the AL-Azizia corruption case. The court had warned of legal action for absconding.
Sharif, 70, has been in London since November last year after the Lahore High Court granted him permission to go abroad for four weeks for treatment.
The three-time premier, his daughter Maryam and son-in-law Muhammad Safdar were convicted in the Avenfield properties case on July 6, 2018. Sharif was also sentenced to seven years in the Al-Azizia Steel Mills case in December 2018.