- Title: File of former Pakistani PM Nawaz Sharif, granted bail over ill health
- Date: 25th October 2019
- Summary: After serving as the leader of the opposition between 1993 and 1996, Sharif made a victorious return to power in Pakistan's 1997 elections. Strengthened by a big election win in 1997, Sharif tightened his grip. He cracked down on the media and amended the constitution to strip the president of power to dissolve the National Assembly. PUNJAB, PAKISTAN (FILE -1997) (ORIGINALLY 4:3) (REUTERS) ***WARNING CONTAINS FLASH PHOTOGRAPHY*** CROWD CHEERING SHARIF ADDRESSING RALLY CROWD WAVING SHARIF'S PARTY FLAGS CHEERING AND CHANTING LAHORE, PAKISTAN (FILE - FEBRUARY 1997) (ORIGINALLY 4:3) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF SHARIF CASTING VOTE ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN (FILE - 1998) (ORIGINALLY 4:3) (REUTERS) SHARIF WALKING TO HIS OFFICE IN PRIME MINISTER'S HOUSE SHARIF WALKING TO HIS DESK SHARIF SPEAKING WHILE SITTING AT HIS DESK The 1999 Pakistani coup d'état was a bloodless one, in which the Pakistan Army and then Chief of Army Staff and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee, General Pervez Musharraf, overthrew elected Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and his existing government. Two days later, on October 14, 1999, Musharraf declared a state of emergency and issued a Provisional Constitutional Order. KARACHI, PAKISTAN (FILE - 1999) (ORIGINALLY 4:3) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF ARMOURED PERSONNEL CARRIER CARRYING SHARIF (UNDER ARREST) TO ANTI-TERRORISM COURT SHARIF'S YOUNGER BROTHER SHAHBAZ SHARIF EMBRACING HIM / BOTH WAVING TO SUPPORTERS WAITING OUTSIDE COURT PHOTOGRAPHERS TAKING PHOTOS SHARIF WAVING TO SUPPORTERS AS HE COMES OUT OF COURT Sharif was taken from prison and sent into exile in Saudi Arabia in November 1999, 14 months after he was overthrown in an army coup. KARACHI, PAKISTAN (FILE - NOVEMBER 22, 1999) (ORIGINALLY 4:3) (REUTERS) SHARIF SURROUNDED BY SECURITY PERSONNEL SHARIF SPEAKING, LOOKING ON AND PUTTING HIS HAND UP
- Embargoed: 8th November 2019 10:55
- Keywords: Nawaz Sharif profile chronology prime minister Pakistan court hearing Supreme Court
- Location: FAISALABAD, ISLAMABAD, PUNJAB, LAHORE, KARACHI, GRAND TRUNK ROAD, PAKISTAN / UFA, RUSSIA / WASHINGTON, D.C., UNITED STATES/ABU DHABI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
- City: FAISALABAD, ISLAMABAD, PUNJAB, LAHORE, KARACHI, GRAND TRUNK ROAD, PAKISTAN / UFA, RUSSIA / WASHINGTON, D.C., UNITED STATES/ABU DHABI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
- Country: Pakistan
- Topics: Government/Politics
- Reuters ID: LVA003B2M4RWN
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text: A Pakistani court granted bail on Friday (October 25) to jailed former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on medical grounds, a lawyer for Sharif said.
Sharif, 69, a three-time prime minister, is serving a seven-year jail sentence after a conviction for corruption last year. He denied the charges, which he said were politically motivated.
He was taken from his jail cell to hospital in the city of Lahore on Monday (October 21) and his party has raised concern about his health.
His lawyer told Reuters after the ruling that Sharif's health was "deteriorating" and he "needs better treatment".
Sharif's party, the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz, lost to the party of former cricket star Imran Khan in the election in July, 2018.
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