LAHORE: A Pakistani court granted bail on Thursday to the country’s opposition leader, about seven months after he was arrested by an anti-graft body over alleged involvement in money laundering.
Shahbaz Sharif is the leader of the opposition in the National Assembly. His Pakistan Muslim League party quickly hailed the ruling by the court in the eastern city of Lahore. It described the case against him as “fake.”
Shahbaz Sharif is the younger brother of Nawaz Sharif, who served three times as Pakistan’s prime minister. He has been living in exile in London since 2019, after he was released on bail to seek medical treatment abroad.
Nawaz Sharif hasn’t returned home since, and the government is seeking his extradition.
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Pakistan court grants bail to opposition leader
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Pakistan court grants bail to opposition leader
- Shahbaz Sharif is the younger brother of Nawaz Sharif, who served three times as Pakistan’s prime minister
- Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz party quickly hailed the ruling by the court in the eastern city of Lahore
Pakistan to host PSL 11 from Mar. 26 to May 3, says PCB chairman
- PSL, Pakistan’s premier T20 cricket tournament, is set to feature eight city-based teams in upcoming edition
- Pakistan Cricket Board has held roadshows in London and New York to entice investors to bid for new PSL teams
ISLAMABAD: The 11th edition of the Pakistan Super League (PSL) will be held from Mar. 26 to May 11, 2026, Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Chairman Mohsin Naqvi announced on Sunday.
The PSL is Pakistan’s premier T20 cricket league that features a mix of local and international players and coaches. The PSL features six teams, each named after a Pakistani city, with the upcoming edition set to feature two new teams.
PCB Chairman Mohsin Naqvi, along with former cricketing greats Ramiz Raja and Wasim Akram, participated in a roadshow in New York on Sunday. The PCB has held a roadshow in London previously to attract international investors to bid for the new teams.
“I can tell you one thing that PSL will start on Mar. 26, which is very near,” Naqvi said at the roadshow.
“And the final we are planning to hold on May 3.”
Naqvi said the revised schedule for the auction of the two new PSL teams will take place on Jan. 8. The auction was originally scheduled to take place on Jan. 6; however, it was postponed by one day due to a week-long extension of the deadline for the submission of the bids for the new franchises, initially set at Dec. 15.
The PCB said this week it had pushed the deadline to submit the bids for the two new teams keeping in mind “growing interest” from investors in the US, Europe and the Middle East.
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