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Lahore High Court Acquits Nawaz Sharif
Jun 27 2009, Karim Khan

Pakistan’s ex Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has been acquitted by the Lahore High Court (Rawalpindi Bench) in the chopper case, annulling the decree of the accountability court (passed in July 2000) that had sentenced Mr Sharif to 14 years of...

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