Pakistan’s ex-finance minister gets bail in corruption case 0 SHARES Share it! Share TweetBy the Associated PressKARACHI, Pakistan — A defense lawyer in Pakistan says a former finance minister has been granted a week’s bail in a corruption case involving natural gas imports. Nihal Hashmi says the High Court in Sindh province granted Ismail bail on Friday. Meanwhile, a court in Islamabad gave the bureau 13 days to investigate former Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi who was arrested on Thursday in the same case involving Ismail. Sharif was removed from office in 2017 and is serving a seven-year term for corruption.

Source: Manila Bulletin July 19, 2019 11:15 UTC