Al-Azizia Reference: Govt suspends Nawaz Sharif's sentence

Lahore: The caretaker cabinet of Punjab suspended the sentence of former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif in the Al-Azizia Steel Mills corruption case.

The Provincial Caretaker Cabinet suspended the sentence of former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif in the Al-Azizia reference under Section 401 of the Criminal Procedural Code.

Under Section 401 of the Criminal Procedural Code, the government holds the power to suspend the punishment of an offender.

Even before Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) supremo Nawaz Sharif's departure to London in 2019, his sentence under Section 401 was suspended.

Talking to a private news channel, the caretaker provincial minister Aamir Mir said that the Punjab government suspended the punishment under the constitutional powers of Section 401 of CRP, we have the power to suspend the punishment and not to terminate it.