Nawaz Sharif finally cornered? In UK, ex-Pakistan PM's passport to expire; options limited

Former Pakistan Prime Minister and PML-N supremo Nawaz Sharif’s passport is going to expire on Tuesday, sparking speculation about possible options available to three-time PM to extend his stay in United Kingdom. Sharif has been living in London since vember 2019 after he was allowed to leave country for medical treatment.

Nawaz Sharif's passport set to expire

According to Express Tribune, Nawaz Sharif's name is on Exit Control List (ECL) and according to Pakistani law, a person whose name is on -fly list cant apply for renewal of his passport. However, Nawaz Sharif can return to country anytime.

report citing sources said that Interior Minister Sheikh Rashid is likely to give a policy statement on issue. Ministry of Foreign Affairs has, however, refused to comment on Nawaz’s passport renewal. Rashid, while talking to a private television channel, said that passport would be cancelled on February 16.

viser to Prime Minister Imran Khan on Accountability and Interior Mirza Shahz Akbar said that United Kingdom authorities h been asked to deport convicted former Prime Minister from ir country. He said Pakistan h written a letter to UK to cancel visa of Sharif which was issued for medical treatment after taking an undertaking. 

Prime Minister Imran Khan in October said he would contact British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, if needed, to discuss his deportation and his viser Akbar wrote a letter to British Home Secretary Priti Patel on October 5 urging her to deport former premier whom he said is responsible for pillaging state. 

Nawaz Sharif, serving a seven-year prison term after his conviction in December 2018, was given rare permission in October 2019 to get medical treatment abro in view of a debilitating health condition.  Islamab High Court (IHC), however, declared him a proclaimed offender on December 2, last year as he failed to appear before a bench – originally formed to hear his appeals against his convictions – despite various tices.

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Will live in Pakistan, won't go abro: Maryam

Meanwhile, her daughter Maryam Nawaz said on Monday that she will t leave country to join her far in London for her treatment despite Imran Khan government's apparent offer to go abro, news ncy PTI reported. "Even if someone (from government) comes to my home and offers me to go abro, I will decline it straight away," she said while talking to reporters at her Jati Umra Raiwind residence in Lahore. 

"I kw some ministers are saying that if Maryam is allowed to go abro opposition's movement (against government) will fizzle out. But let me make it clear that I will t leave my country come what may, and will t seek removal of my name from -fly list," she said.

PML-N vice president furr said that she h to undergo a 'little surgery' which is t possible in Pakistan. "But despite this, I will t leave Pakistan. I will live and die in my country," she asserted.

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(With ncy inputs)