FIR registered against Nawaz Sharif for ‘criminal conspiracy’

A First Information Report (FIR) has been registered in opposition to Pakistan’s former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif within the case of felony conspiracy for the “provocative speeches” he made in London to “defame Pakistan’s institutions”, Geo News reported on Monday.

The FIR was lodged in opposition to Sharif on October 1 by a neighborhood within the Shahdra Police Station’s jurisdiction.

According to Geo News report, the case was filed below the provisions of the Pakistan Penal Code for felony conspiracy in opposition to the Pakistan Muslim League (N) chief and different leaders.

Earlier this month, Pakistan didn’t execute a non-bailable arrest warrant in opposition to Sharif, who was granted permission to fly overseas to get medical therapy in November final 12 months.

For almost one month, the Pakistan authorities made a number of makes an attempt to get Sharif’s arrest warrant signed.

Last week, the Islamabad High Court (IHC) had slammed Sharif over his failure to look earlier than the courtroom after he was granted permission to fly overseas for medical therapy.

“Accused [Sharif] knows that he went abroad after defeating the system. He must be laughing at the system while sitting abroad. It’s shameful conduct by the accused,” Justice Mohsin Akhtar Kayani of the IHC was quoted as saying by The Express Tribune.

Meanwhile, Prime Minister Imran Khan had tasked related authorities to convey again Sharif on the earliest. The choice was taken throughout a cupboard assembly the place the Prime Minister additionally issued the directive to pursue the matter vigorously.

A cupboard member had advised Dawn the federal government had already despatched a request to the British authorities for the Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz) chief’s repatriation however it could now ship a recent software.

Last month, the IHC got here down closely on the Imran Khan-led authorities for permitting Sharif to go overseas with out informing the courtroom and it was as much as the dispensation to take steps for guaranteeing the latter’s return to the nation.

Additional Attorney General Tariq Mehmood Khokhar had advised a bench comprising Justices Aamer Farooq and Mohsin Akhtar Kayani that Pakistan’s Foreign Office carried out the court-issued non-bailable arrest warrants immediately by way of the Pakistan High Commission within the UK on September 17, Geo News reported.