ISLAMABAD – The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) on Thursday has writtena letter to Interpol to issue red warrants for former prime minister NawazSharif’s sons Hassan and Hussain Nawaz, Dunya News reported.
Sources said that the letter to Interpol has been written by FIA aftergetting approval from interior ministry.
Hassan and Hussain Nawaz were formally declared proclaimed offender and aPakistani court had issued permanent arrest warrants against them.
Sources said that the FIA has requested Interpol to issue red warrants forboth Hassan and Hussain Nawaz as they were wanted by Pakistani institutionsin Panama case
Hasan and Hussain Nawaz — accused in a corruption ruling that sentencedtheir father, former prime minister Nawaz Sharif, to 11 years in prison –were declared as proclaimed offenders.
Nawaz Sharif was sentenced in absentia to 11 years in prison over acorruption ruling linked to his family’s purchase of luxury flats in London.
Nawaz’s daughter Maryam, seen as his chosen political heir, was sentencedto eight years in prison and her husband Muhammad Safdar was given aone-year jail term in a ruling many see as a blow to the Pakistan MuslimLeague-Nawaz (PML-N) party before the July 25 election.
The sentence, which also carries a fine of 8 million pounds, or $10.6million, came almost a year after Supreme Court removed Nawaz Sharif fromoffice and less than five months after the court barred him from holdingoffice for life.