Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan has said all Pakistanis should offer prayer of thanks over the Avenfield case verdict that has sentenced former prime minister Nawaz Sharif and his daughter Maryam Nawaz to 10 and seven years, respectively, in jail. While addressing a public rally in Sawat, Imran Khan said ‘the morning of July 26 would bring new hope for Pakistanis’. “Nawaz only had to answer from where the money came from to purchase the apartments,” said the PTI chairman. An accountability court in Islamabad has sentenced former prime minister Nawaz Sharif to 10 years in jail, while his daughter Maryam Nawaz has been sentenced to seven years. Captain (retd) Safdar has been also sentenced to one year in jail. The court has also ordered to confiscate the Avenfield apartments. Moreover, the court imposed £8 million fine on Nawaz while Maryam was slapped a fine of £8 million. Three corruption references, with regards to the verdict, were filed against the Sharif family in the accountability court by the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) after the disqualification of Nawaz in the Panama Papers case on July 28, 2017.