As elections near, can Nawaz Sharif outfox Pak army to stage a comeback?

Sharif is not being punished for an estate beyond his means but for punching above what the army thinks is his political weight by taking it on directly

Pakistan’s three-time former Prime Minister Mian Mohammad Nawaz Sharif, his daughter Maryam Nawaz Sharif and his son-in-law Muhammad Safdar were sentenced to prison terms for impropriety in the ownership of certain properties in the United Kingdom.

It was a curious case, where Pakistan’s National Accountability Bureau (NAB) was not able to prove any graft or outright corruption against the Sharifs, while the defendants were unable to convincingly show the trail linking the ownership of the properties to the source of the funds used for purchase. The court based its decision on a presumption that the inability or unwillingness of the accused