*ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Monday dismissed a pleaagainst issuing a diplomatic passport to Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz(PML-N) supremo Nawaz Sharif by the incumbent government. *
Earlier in the day, the IHC reserved its verdict on the petition and saidthat it could not decide on the matters without having any evidence of it.The court said that the petitioner could not provide any notification toprove his point.
The court while rejecting the plea also imposed a fine of Rs5,000 againstthe petitioner. “It is mandatory for an absconding convict to surrenderhimself to jail authorities,” the court said in its verdict.
On April 15, a petition was filed in the IHC by Naeem Haider who asked thecourt to ensure arrest of Nawaz Sharif upon his return to Pakistan. “NawazSharif is an absconding convict and therefore authorities should be barredfrom issuing diplomatic passport to him,” it said.
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The petitioner while making Nawaz Sharif, secretary interior and foreignaffairs’ secretary as respondents in the case asked the Islamabad HighCourt to take up the matter today and issue arrest warrants for the PML-Nsupremo.
The registrar IHC admitted the petition and formed a bench for the hearingto be headed by Chief Justice Athar Minallah.
