Pakistan Tuesday barred opposition leader Shehbaz Sharif from going abroad due to ongoing corruption cases against him, local media reported.
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Shehbaz Sharif, leader of the main opposition Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz group) and the younger brother of jailed former Premier Nawaz Sharif, has been placed on a no-fly list, which means he cannot travel abroad for the next 30 days, local broadcaster Geo News reported.
Shehbaz, the three-time chief minister of the country’s largest Punjab province, has been barred from traveling abroad on the request of the National Accountability Bureau (NAB), the state-run watchdog which is pursuing multiple corruption cases against him, Geo News reported.
Last week, in an anti-corruption court, Shehbaz plead not guilty to charges over his alleged involvement in a housing scam.
Shehbaz, who is currently on bail, likely was interested in flying to London, where his newborn grandson is set to undergo heart surgery.
Shehbaz is accused of canceling a housing contract and transferring it to his favorite company for the construction of low-cost houses for the poor in Punjab.
He denies the allegations, saying he canceled the contract because it was granted to a blacklisted company.
His elder brother is currently serving a seven-year jail term for corruption.