FILE – Pakistan’s opposition leader Shahbaz Sharif speaks during a press conference after the Supreme Court decision, in Islamabad, Pakistan, April 7, 2022. A Pakistani court Wednesday, Oct. 12, 2022, acquitted Sharif and his son of corruption and money laundering charges filed in 2020, a defense lawyer said. Sharif and his son Hamza, the former chief minister of Punjab province, were charged during the administration of former prime minister Imran Khan. They were accused of laundering millions of dollars in rupees. (AP Photo/Anjum Naveed, File)