Ousted Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif gestures as he boards a Lahore-bound flight due for departure, at Abu Dhabi International Airport, UAE July 13, 2018.
REUTERS/Drazen Gorgic/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsISLAMABAD, Oct 19 (Reuters) - A Pakistan court on Thursday barred authorities from arresting a former three-time prime minister, Nawaz Sharif, upon his expected return home on Saturday from four years in self-imposed exile, his lawyer said.
Nawaz Sharif was in 2018 convicted on corruption charges, which he denied, in two cases and sentenced to a total of 14 years in prison.
Upon his return on Saturday, he would address a rally in his old stronghold of Lahore, Tarar said.
Sharif returned to Pakistan and to politics in 2007.
Persons:
Nawaz Sharif, Drazen Gorgic, Azam Nazeer Tarar, Sharif, Shehbaz Sharif, Tarar, Pervez Musharraf, Musharraf, Asif Shahzad, Muralikumar Anantharaman, Robert Birsel
Organizations:
Pakistani, Abu, Abu Dhabi International Airport, REUTERS, Rights, Thomson
Locations:
Lahore, Abu Dhabi, UAE, Rights ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, London, U.S