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No extradition treaty with UK, can solely cancel Nawaz Sharif’s passport: Pak minister

Pakistan Interior Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmed on Friday stated the federal government is exploring all prospects to deliver again former prime minister Nawaz Sharif from the UK, however it could solely cancel his passport now as there isn’t any extradition treaty between the 2 nations.Ahmed on Wednesday had stated the federal government will cancel the passport of Sharif on February 16.Sharif, 70, the Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz (PML-N) supremo, has been residing 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 in December by the Islamabad High Court after he failed to seem earlier than it regardless of a number of warnings.Addressing a press convention right here on Friday, Ahmed stated the federal government will discover all prospects to deliver again Sharif to Pakistan.However, since Pakistan at present has no extradition treaty with Britain, his ministry can solely cancel Sharif’s passport as soon as it’s expired, he stated. Ahmed stated the PML-N chief’s passport will expire on February 16 and it’ll not be renewed. Prime Minister Imran Khan in October had stated that he would contact his British counterpart Boris Johnson, if wanted, to debate Sharif’s deportation. Adviser to the Prime Minister on Accountability and Interior, Mirza Shahzad Akbar, on Wednesday stated Pakistan had requested the British authorities to deport Sharif who was convicted by the courts. 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 over the Panama Papers scandal.

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