Pakistan's opposition leader Shahbaz Sharif detained in corruption case

Pakistani policemen stand guard outside the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) in Lahore, eastern Pakistan, on Oct. 5, 2018. Pakistan's opposition leader and former chief minister of eastern Punjab province Shahbaz Sharif was arrested here Friday afternoon by the country's anti-graft body in an alleged corruption case, an official statement said. The NAB said that Shahbaz was arrested for his alleged misappropriations in Ashiana Housing Scheme in Lahore during his tenure as the Punjab chief minister from 2013 to 2018. (Xinhua/Sajjad)