ISLAMABAD – Former Finance Minister Ishaq Dar lands in big trouble asthefederal government has cancelled his passport.
The passports of former finance minister Ishaq Dar and his wife have alsobeen cancelled leaving Dar with no option to leave Britain.
The Foreign Office had cancelled the diplomatic passports of Dar and hiswife, who were staying in the United Kingdom (UK).
Dar and his wife possess diplomatic passports. Under the law, Dar was boundto surrender his and wife’s diplomatic passports within 30 days of ceasingoffice as the federal finance minister. After surrendering diplomaticpassports, they may get ordinary passports.
Legal experts say that in view of cancellation of passport, his movementwill be halted and he’d not be able travel from England to another country.However, Dar may get political asylum. Interpol has yet taken a decision onPakistan’s request, regarding extradition of Dar. However, the agencyintervenes in very rare cases.
Currently, three high-profile individuals – former military ruler PervezMusharraf, Hussain Haqqani and Dar – are absconders. However, the bench hasasked the government to make efforts for extradition of Haqqani and Dar.
The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) has been asked to approachInterpol for extradition of Haqqani, who is facing trial for hiscontroversial memo sent to the US authorities in 2011 during the lastPakistan Peoples Party (PPP) government in a bid to seek help against themilitary establishment.
Interpol has refused to cooperate in the matter related to Musharraf.However, the interior ministry has also contacted it for the extradition ofHussain and Hassan, former premier Nawaz Sharif’s sons, who have also beendeclared absconders by the accountability court.
Last week, Additional Attorney General for Pakistan (AAGP) Nayyar Rizvitold the bench, “The government has already approached Interpol forextradition of Dar and is now awaiting a response. Generally the Interpoltakes three months to complete its requirements regarding repatriation ofan accused.”