Shock to former Prime Minister of Nawaz Sharif, Pakistan’s Islamabad High court has rejected former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s appeal over a seven-year prison sentence for corruption and refused to grant him release on medical grounds.

Islamabad High Court’s two-judge panel announced its ruling, after the appeal hearings concluded last week. Sharif’s aide Shahid Abbasi says the former premier’s team will take the case to the Supreme Court.

Shock to former Prime Minister of Nawaz Sharif, Pakistan’s Islamabad High court has rejected former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s appeal over a seven-year prison sentence for corruption and refused to grant him release on medical grounds.

Islamabad High Court’s two-judge panel announced its ruling, after the appeal hearings concluded last week. Sharif’s aide Shahid Abbasi says the former premier’s team will take the case to the Supreme Court.