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  • Nawaz Sharif’s passport shall be cancelled on Feb 16, says Pak minister

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    The Pakistan authorities on Wednesday mentioned it is going to cancel the passport of former prime minister Nawaz Sharif on February 16. Sharif, 70, the Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz (PML-N) supremo, has been dwelling in London since November final yr after the Lahore High Court granted him permission to go overseas for 4 weeks for remedy. The three-time former prime minister, who was convicted in two corruption circumstances — Avenfield properties and Al-Azizia — was declared a proclaimed offender earlier this month by the Islamabad High Court after he failed to look earlier than it regardless of a number of warnings. “(We) will cancel Nawaz Sharif’s passport on February 16,” Interior Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmed instructed reporters right here in response to a question. He, nonetheless, didn’t present any additional particulars. Meanwhile, Adviser to the Prime Minister on Accountability and Interior, Mirza Shahzad Akbar, mentioned Pakistan had requested the British authorities to deport Sharif who was convicted by the courts. Pakistan presently has no extradition treaty with Britain. Prime Minister Imran Khan in October had mentioned he would contact his British counterpart Boris Johnson, if wanted, to debate Sharif’s deportation. Sharif resigned as Pakistan prime minister in 2017 after the Supreme Court disqualified him from holding public workplace and dominated that graft circumstances be filed towards the beleaguered chief and his youngsters over the Panama Papers scandal.

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  • Imran Khan’s NAB Arrests Ex-Pak FM Khawaja Asif; Continues Crackdown On Nawaz Sharif Camp

    Pakistan’s former Foreign Minister and PML-N chief Khawaja Muhammad Asif was arrested in Islamabad on Tuesday by anti-corruption officers for allegedly having belongings past technique of earnings. Asif was taken into the custody of the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) when he was popping out of a celebration assembly, mentioned Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) spokesperson Marriyum Aurangzeb.

    The NAB, in a press release, mentioned its officers from the Lahore workplace executed the arrest in “assets beyond known sources of income case.” The bureau mentioned that Asif held a Dubai iqama (work allow) from 2004 to 2008, and earned a complete of Rs 136 million for his providers as a guide authorized adviser. 

    The PML-N chief had earlier been summoned for an inquiry however he failed to supply the required proof, Dawn quoted Nawazish Ali, bureau’s spokesperson as saying. 

    Khawaja Asif was directed to submit particulars of the wage he acquired and different data. He was additionally requested to supply the job software he had submitted to a international firm in addition to his iqama settlement. “Khawaja Asif continuously failed to cooperate during the inquiry,” the spokesperson mentioned, including that he was arrested with the approval of the NAB chairman.

    In a press assertion issued later, NAB Lahore mentioned that the investigation towards Asif was being performed beneath Section 5 of the National Accountability Ordinance 1999 and Section 3 of the Anti-Money Laundering Act 2010. According to the assertion, Asif was elected as senator in 1991, previous to which he had complete belongings of Rs 5.1 million. By 2018, this determine had ballooned to Rs221 million, which isn’t justifiable together with his recognized sources of earnings, mentioned NAB Lahore, in response to Dawn.