ISLAMABAD - Advisor to Prime Minister on Accountability and Interior Barrister Mirza Shahzad Akbar has said that United Kingdom (UK) authorities have been asked to deport the convicted former prime minister Nawaz Sharif.
Addressing a news conference here on Wednesday flanked by Special Assistant to Prime Minister for Political Communication Shahbaz Gill, he said Pakistan has written a letter to UK to cancel the visa of Nawaz Sharif which was issued for medical treatment after taking an undertaking.
The six-month visa has not yet extended by UK. “Negotiations were continuing with UK for the deportation of Nawaz,” he said adding that the last two governments did not make effort to deport former head of MQM Altaf Hussain from UK. Shahzad Akbar said PML-N leader and former finance minister Ishaq Dar stood totally exposed in the recent BBC interview. The interview made it clear as to why Dar was an absconder and not appearing before the courts.
Castigating Ishaq Dar, he said Dar had wrongly said that he has only one property in Lahore, whereas the former finance minister has properties/bank accounts in Pakistan as well as in Dubai.
Ishaq Dar owned six-acre land in Islamabad, said Shahzad Akbar.
The British authorities have also been requested for the extradition of Ishaq Dar.
He wondered why Dar had brazenly levelled baseless allegations of custodial killings over NAB in such an important forum like BBC. “It is incomprehensible that on whose orders Dar had agreed to give interview to BBC. It was a desperate effort to negate accusations levelled against him.”
Shahzad Akbar says former finance minister owns huge assets, bank accounts; Ishaq Dar totally stands exposed in BBC interview
The opposition has miserably failed to gather a few thousand people in Multan on Monday last.
They had managed to gather only a small number of people in their public meeting. Opposition was now trying to hold another small gathering “Jalsi” in Lahore. They have endangered lives of the people by exposing them to corona pandemic.
He said the people are also not attending the public gatherings of the opposition parties in large numbers. The opposition parties must act responsibly and stop playing with the lives of the people as the second wave of Covid-19 is proving to be more fatal.
People have forgotten Ishaq Dar-like people. The recent results in Gilgit-Baltistan have proved that the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf was still the most popular party in the country.
Speaking on the occasion, Shahbaz Gill said that Ishaq Dar was trembling while interviewing to BBC.
Country’s enemies including Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz leadership were trying utmost to declare Pakistan a fascist country, he claimed and said their nefarious designs had already been foiled.
He said Ishaq Dar in his interview had said that the general elections in Pakistan were stolen – BBC anchor retorted PML-N should have filed an election petition.
He said BBC was trying to interview Nawaz Sharif since long. The interview of Dar was combination of shamelessness and humiliation, he added.
In Pakistan, he said Ishaq Dar enjoyed the status of ‘midwife’ in money laundering. Dar should come back to Pakistan and can give interview to Pakistan media but he would have to clear himself from corruption cases.
He also said the people who could not become clerk had remained finance ministers of Pakistan. He said Vice President PML-N Maryam Nawaz was a habitual liar.
In his remarks, Shahbaz Gill said the corrupt leaders sitting abroad should come back to the country and face the courts.
He said these leaders plundered the national exchequer.
Advisor to PM Mirza Shahzad Akbar also added that scores of properties, vehicles and bank accounts are in Ishaq Dar’s name.
Ishaq Dar in his interview with BBC had claimed like ‘Calibary Queen’ that any property is not named to him.
He stated that absconder Ishaq Dar through his interview amused people of Pakistan when the anchor took him from horns and he has no answer to speak in his defence.
Ishaq Dar failed to respond to the queries raised by the anchor, how he will respond the questions of the court.