The new time for the verdict is now 3:30pm.

Apparently it's taking longer than expected because photocopies of the verdict are still being made. This the Pakistani bureaucracy, after all.

As we all wait, some people are trying to be creative to kill the time. Cyril, for example:

Others:

In the meantime, Maryam Nawaz is in London with her father Nawaz Sharif — and they'll be waiting for the verdict at the infamous Avenfield apartment of all places.

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