ISLAMABAD: President Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz Shehbaz Sharif said Nawaz Sharif will not return to Pakistan until his complete recovery from health problems. He said Nawaz Sharif can legally stay in the UK till the British immigration tribunal decides his appeal against home department’s refusal to extend his visa.
Meanwhile, PML-N Information Secretary Marriyum Aurangzeb claimed that the ex-premier would not seek political asylum in the UK.
In a statement issued to media Shehbaz Sharif said the Imran government had allowed Nawaz Sharif to leave Pakistan for treatment based on the reports of the government’s own medical board. He said that the government machinery was bent upon defaming Nawaz Sharif for its politics, which is earning a bad name to the country.
About Nawaz Sharif’s return to the country, Mr Shehbaz said: “Nawaz Sharif will only return to Pakistan when he fully recovers and doctors in London allow him to travel (back to the country).” He added that he could legally stay in the UK till the decision on his appeal regarding visa extension.
Furthermore, PML-N Vice President Maryam Nawaz said the visa issue had again proved how her father was on the nerves of the PTI government members. “This fake government has accepted its defeat from Nawaz Sharif who is the present and future of Pakistan. By targeting a towering personality, the stature of a pygmy cannot be elevated,” she tweeted.
The request for extension in stay was filed with the UK home department on medical grounds on the advice of his doctors. “This is a routine procedure for anyone who seeks extension their stay in UK and Nawaz has the right to file an appeal in the Immigration Tribunal,” said party information secretary Marriyum Aurangzeb.
She said the health of Nawaz Sharif had deteriorated in “NAB-Niazi alliance custody”. She further said that the medical reports and tribunals had said they could not treat Nawaz’s ailment in Pakistan.
“Even Imran Khan had verified all these fact after the inspection of doctors from his trusted Shaukat Khanum Memorial Hospital. The provincial and federal governments sent Nawaz Sharif abroad for treatment after fulfilling all legal requirements,” she said.
She claimed that many PML-N leaders were kept in death-row cells, harassed, and mentally tortured, but the PTI government could not prove corruption allegation against them.
