LONDON – The accountability court verdict has further emboldened us tofight against tyranny,” Maryam Nawaz Sharif said minutes after she, herhusband and father were convicted and sentenced in the Avenfield reference.

She said that it was not a big punishment for “standing up to the invisibleforces” in the country for the past 70 years.

“Nawaz Sharif, you didn’t get scared; you didn’t bow down; you preferredPakistan on your personal life. The nation is standing with you. You willemerge victorious,” Maryam said in a series of Tweets on the popularmicro-blogging site.

She sought to dismiss all speculation, saying that “Nawaz Sharif is comingback”. “All efforts are being made to stop him from returning – today[accountability court verdict] was the last effort. But all these effortswill come to naught,” Maryam said.