Islamabad (HRNW) Newly appointed Federal Minister for Interior Rana Sanaullah has said that the government will issue diplomatic passport to former prime minister Nawaz Sharif.
Diplomatic passport is Nawaz Sharif’s right, he said adding that It is shameful that a three-time prime minister has been deprived of citizenship.
He made these remarks during informal talks with journalists in Islamabad soon after taking oath as federal minister on Tuesday.
Sanaullah’s statement comes a day after the Islamabad High Court dismissed a petition requesting the court to stop the federal government from issuing diplomatic passport to former prime minister Nawaz Sharif.
The petitioner had claimed that the government plans to issue diplomatic passport to Nawaz Sharif and asked the court to restrain it from doing so.
Petitioner Advocate Naeem Haider, however, could not show any order, direction or notification issued by the federal government.
Chief Justice Athar Minallah remarked “It is noted that no evidentiary value was attached to the press reports and no reliance can be placed on it when a person claims a legal right on its basis. It was settled law that courts will not decide cases on the basis of press reports.”
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.
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