Islamabad (HRNW) A petition has been filed in the Islamabad High Court (IHC) requesting the court to stop the government from issuing diplomatic passport to former prime minister Nawaz Sharif.
After the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) president and Nawaz’s younger brother Shehbaz Sharif was elected the prime minister, there were media reports that the Ministry of Interior has been directed to renew the passports of Nawaz Sharif and his brother-in-law Ishaq Dar.
Nawaz Sharif’s passport expired in February this year and the government refused to renew his passport. Then interior minister Sheikh Rasheed said if Nawaz wants to come to Pakistan, then he must submit a request, and then emergency travel documents will be issued to him.
Nawaz, a three-time former premier, arrived in the UK on November 2019 for medical treatment..
On Friday, Naeem Haider filed an application in which he named Nawaz Sharif, interior secretary and foreign secretary as respondents.
The petitioner said that Nawaz Sharif is a proclaimed offender and the government should not issue a diplomatic passport to him.
He prayed to the court that Nawaz should be arrested upon his arrival.
The petitioner requested the court to hear the case today, however, Chief Justice Athar Minallah approved the petition for hearing on April 18 (Monday).
Former prime minister Nawaz Sharif departed for London in November 2019 after being released from jail on the account of his deteriorating health.
He was to undergo multiple surgeries at London’s hospitals, but the procedures were postponed. Now his medical experts say his condition is well and he can travel.
He was sentenced to seven and 10 years in prison in the Al-Azizia Steel Mills and Avenfield flats references. The former premier’s sentence in the Al-Azizia reference was suspended. He has filed an appeal seeking its annulment.
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