British government gives response over Pakistani request over former PM Nawaz Sharif extradition request
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LONDON: British Home Secretary Priti Patel has written to Prime Minister Imran Khan’s adviser on accountability Shahzad Akbar pointing out that the UK government is subject to international law in the case of former prime minister Nawaz Sharif, who is currently residing in London and who the Pakistani government wants sent back from London.
The Home Secretary, according to a trusted source, has confirmed that the British government would give Pakistan’s extradition request full attention under the provision of UK law if a formal request were received. At the same time, Ms Patel has stressed that the UK is subject to international law and cannot go against the established legal principles.
The source said that Pakistan had asked for the deportation of Nawaz Sharif in a letter sent via British High Commission but a formal extradition request was not filed. The Home Secretary’s letter to Pakistan means that the UK will not consider deporting Nawaz Sharif, acting on the deportation request made by Pakistan.
On Tuesday a credible source here confirmed that the British Home Secretary had replied to Shahzad Akbar’s letter written in October in which the Pakistan minister had told Home Secretary Priti Patel that she was “duty bound” to deport Nawaz Sharif to Pakistan.
By: Murtaza Ali Shah
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