Former Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif was sentenced to seven years in jail after he was found guilty of corruption in the Al-Azizia Steel Mills case, local media reported Monday.
According to Geo News reports, the former top official who served as a prime minister for three terms failed to prove the source of his income that would have allowed him to own a steel mill in Saudi Arabia.
READ MORE: No Way, Sharif: Former Pakistan PM Disqualified from Leading His Party
In July 2017, the Pakistani Supreme Court removed Sharif from office after the so-called Panama Papers were released in April 2016, revealing that Sharif's children owned offshore companies in the British Virgin Islands and expensive property in the UK capital of London, which prompted a corruption investigation.
