Non-bailable arrest warrant issued towards former Pakistan PM Nawaz Sharif

A Pakistani court docket on Thursday directed the Ministry of overseas Affairs to execute a non-bailable arrest warrant in opposition t former leading minister Nawaz Sharif in a 34-yr land allotment case, in response to media stories.

all the way through the plot allotment hearing, model city Police Inspector Bashir Ahmed advised the Lahore Accountability court docket's choose Asad Ali that Sharif changed into now not at his home.

final month, the accountability courtroom had issued a bailable arrest warrant and served summons in any respect prevalent addresses of the three-time best minister, who is presently in London for scientific remedy.

Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PMN-N) leader, Ata Tarar, tested to the courtroom on Thursday that the 70-12 months-ancient birthday celebration chief Sharif had been abroad for six months, the specific Tribune newspaper mentioned.

Responding to this, special Prosecutor Harris Qureshi, acting on behalf of the countryw ide Accountability Bureau (NAB), requested the court docket to situation a non-bailable arrest (NBA) warrant towards Sharif.

The court issued the NBA warrant and directed the Ministry of overseas Affairs (MoFA) to execute the arrest in the course of the Pakistan high fee in London, the record added.

Jang/Geo media neighborhood owner Mir Shakilur Rehman is additionally dealing with charges in the case and become arrested in March. The courtroom on Thursday extended the judicial remand of the veteran journalist, The Nation newspaper pronounced.

The NBA warrant against Sharif comes two days after the Islamabad high court gave a "last chance" to the previous major minister to hand over and seem earlier than it on September 10 in the Al-Azizia steel Mills graft case.

Sharif has been in London seeing that November ultimate year, after the Lahore excessive court granted him permission to move overseas for four weeks for treating a coronary heart ailment and an immune gadget disorder. The three-time premier was sentenced to seven years in the Al-Azizia metal Mills case.

The Pakistan govt has already declared Sharif an "absconder" and approached the united kingdom executive for his extradition.

Adviser to the top Minister on Accountability and indoors, Shahzad Akbar, ultimate week stated Sharif's 4-week bail on scientific grounds had expired in December last year.

Akbar had pointed out the executive would project the country wide Accountability Bureau to pursue Sharif's extradition

In a contemporary interview with ARY information, prime Minister Imran Khan noted his executive "regretted" the determination to elevate the ban on Sharif.

In may, a picture of Sharif having tea at a London cafe along with his household went viral on social media, sparking a debate on the seriousness of his health condition.

The government got here under additional criticism when ultimate week Sharif's pho tographs surfaced on-line, displaying him going for walks in a highway, prompting calls from in the ruling Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf to bring him returned.