Pakistani authorities released former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and his daughter Maryam from jail on September 19 after a court suspended prison sentences they got in July 2018 over the purchase of upscale apartments in London, Reuters reports on September 21, reports Fiji Times. “The prisoners have been set free,” Ishaq Cheema, an official at Adyala jail, told Reuters. Earlier in the day Islamabad High Court suspended the 10-year jail term of Nawaz Sharif. The court also freed Sharif’s daughter and political heir Maryam, who was jailed for seven years on corruption charges relating to the family’s acquisition of the London flats. “The prosecution has failed to show the properties belong to Nawaz Sharif,” Justice Athar Minallah told the court. The convictions are still under appeal with the same court, but the judge said they should be freed immediately while the case continues.