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Pakistan's anti-corruption body said it had arrested the country's opposition leader, Shahbaz Sharif, for alleged links to a real estate scam.
In a statement, the National Accounting Office said it arrested Sharif Friday after interrogating him for several hours.
Sharif is accused of abusing his authority during his tenure as Chief Minister of Punjab from 2013 to 2018 by urging the authorities to award contracts for a government-run housing program for low-income citizens. to a company with which he had political relations.
The arrest was condemned by Sharif's Pakistan Muslim League party, which said the government was victimizing Sharif for political reasons. Sharif is the younger brother of former prime minister Nawaz Sharif, who was disqualified in 2017 for corruption.
He is the leader of the opposition in the National Assembly.
