Pakistan PM Imran Khan asks party leaders for legal strategy to bring Nawaz Sharif back

Islamabad, October 3

Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan has requested his occasion leaders to plan a authorized technique to deliver again former premier Nawaz Sharif from the UK as within the  absence of an extradition treaty between the 2 international locations it might be troublesome to get him extradited, based on a media report.

Presiding over the primary assembly of a committee not too long ago fashioned to counter the Opposition, Prime Minister Khan on Friday requested Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) leaders to foil all strikes of the Opposition geared toward destabilising the federal government and “maligning” the Army, the Dawn News reported.

The authorities had earlier despatched a request to the British authorities for the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) chief’s repatriation to make sure that he faces the corruption instances pending in opposition to him within the courts.

Sharif has been dwelling in London since November final yr when he was allowed to go there for medical remedy. His latest speeches concentrating on the military for political interference has apparently unnerved the Imran Khan authorities.

A supply aware of the assembly advised Dawn that the prime minister was dedicated to bringing again Sharif from London and directed the committee members to plan a authorized technique as a result of within the absence of an extradition treaty between Pakistan and the UK, it might develop into troublesome to get him extradited.

The committee contains federal ministers Shah Mehmood Qureshi, Asad Umar, Fawad Chaudhry, Shafqat Mahmood and Pervez Khattak.

Adviser to the Prime Minister on Interior and Accountability Shahzad Akbar had earlier stated that he had written contemporary letters to the British authorities for Sharif’s repatriation, including {that a} formal utility has additionally been despatched for his extradition.

The adviser was of the view that although each international locations don’t have any extradition treaty, needed folks may very well be handed over to one another below particular association.

On September 15, the Islamabad High Court issued non-bailable arrest warrants for Sharif who did not give up earlier than it regardless of clear warning by the bench. The courtroom stated the onus was on the federal authorities to deliver again Sharif from London to face a trial in Pakistan.

During the assembly on Friday, Prime Minister Khan vowed to defeat the Opposition’s designs and defend state establishments, together with the Army.

“Enemies of the army are in fact enemies of Pakistan,” the prime minister stated.

“The opposition leaders have a problem with the Army, and that is why their corruption is being traced,” he stated.

“Sharif wants to bring people on to the streets while he and his children are sitting in London,” he stated, alleging that the previous prime minister needed establishments to guard his pursuits.

Sharif in a televised speech from exile in London on Thursday accused the nation’s highly effective army of political interference, saying  that the army had rigged the 2018 vote that introduced Khan to energy.

The Sharif has had an extended uneasy relationship with the army, with Thursday’s tirade the most recent confrontation.

Sharif served as Pakistan’s prime minister thrice, first eliminated by a president in 1993, then by army ruler Pervez Musharraf in 1999. A courtroom in 2017 ousted him from energy over corruption allegations. Khan, a former cricketer, got here to energy in 2018.

Pakistan’s opposition events have vowed to carry rallies in October to stress Khan to resign. PTI