ISLAMABAD: Interior Minister Sheikh Rasheed today said that former chief justice of Gilgit-Baltistan Rana Shamim’s name has been placed on the Provisional National Identification List (PNIL) to pre-empt chances of his escape from Pakistan.
Interior Minister told media that there will be a meeting to determine if the former chief justice’s name should be added to the Exit Control List (ECL).
The interior minister further stated that former prime minister and PML-N leader Nawaz Sharif cannot come to Pakistan, but if he wants to, he will have to provide documents relevant to his passport within 24 hours. Nawaz’s passport expired earlier this year, and since he is on the ECL he cannot apply for a new one.
“If he shows the intention to come to Pakistan, we can even have the documents delivered to his house,” he said.
The minister also asked the Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) to reschedule their rally from March 23 to March 30, claiming that the time given by them was to in efforts to garner fame. He maintained that overseas Pakistanis were unhappy with the opposition.
According to the interior minister, the incumbent government will provide maximum facilities to overseas Pakistanis, with online passports being provided in 191 countries and e-passports launching soon.
“We hope that e-passports will launch within the next 100 days,” he said.
