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Maryam Nawaz acquitted in Avenfield case

On 29 September 2022 the Islamabad High Court acquitted Maryam Nawaz, daughter of three-time prime minister Nawaz Sharif, in the Avenfield properties reference. The ruling overturned her 2018 conviction and made her eligible again to stand in elections in Pakistan, about four years after an accountability court had sentenced her in the same case in July 2018.

Maryam Nawaz (Wikimedia Commons portrait; person avatar reused as fact cover, land-pack1 pattern).

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On 29 September 2022 the Islamabad High Court acquitted Maryam Nawaz, daughter of three-time prime minister Nawaz Sharif, in the Avenfield properties reference. The ruling overturned her 2018 conviction and made her eligible again to stand in elections in Pakistan, about four years after an accountability court had sentenced her in the same case in July 2018.

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  • Maryam Nawaz

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  1. 1.aljazeera.comchecked 2026-10-15 GET 200, final URL = original (no non-trivial redirect), claim in text: maryam+acquit · verified
  2. 2.thefridaytimes.comchecked 2026-10-15 GET 200, final URL = original (no non-trivial redirect), claim in text: maryam+avenfield · verified

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Factrail. (2026). Maryam Nawaz acquitted in Avenfield case. Factrail. https://factrail.ai/facts/maryam-nawaz-acquitted-avenfield-2022-09-29

https://factrail.ai/facts/maryam-nawaz-acquitted-avenfield-2022-09-29

Accessed 15 October 2026.

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