Published 20:49 IST, November 18th 2019
Sharif to remain on no-fly list,need to show court order to go abroad for treatment
Pakistan's ailing former prime minister Nawaz Sharif, will remain on the no-fly list and will have to show the court order to go to the UK for medical treatment
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Pakistan's ailing former prime minister Nawaz Sharif, will remain on -fly list and will have to show court order to go to UK for medical treatment on Tuesday, a media report quoting immigration sources said on Monday.
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Nawaz Sharif to travel to London
Sharif, 69, will leave for London on Tuesday by an air ambulance for treatment after Lahore High Court allowed him to travel abro for four weeks for medical care on his plea and rejected Imran Khan government's condition of furnishing an indemnity bond. name of Sharif will remain on -fly list or Exit Control List (ECL) even after court allowed him to go abro for medical treatment, Immigration sources were quoted as saying by Geo News.
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According to immigration officials, since court granted former premier an exemption on medical grounds to travel outside country, he will have to produce court order to get past immigration officials. As per law, Sharif's name will remain on ECL, but his exemption according to court order will be mentioned in computerised record, report quoted sources in interior ministry.
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20:07 IST, November 18th 2019