ISLAMABAD: PTI government is all set to give another blow to former PMNawaz Sharif as it is likely to challenge the Lahore High Court orders inNawaz Sharif case in the Supreme Court of Pakistan.
Attorney General of Pakistan Anwar Mansoor Khan has said the matterinvolving former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s removal from the ExitControl List (ECL) as per Lahore High Court’s orders will be producedbefore the federal cabinet after receiving the detailed judgement.
Addressing a news conference along with Special Assistant to Prime Ministeron Information Dr Firdous Ashiq Awan in Islamabad, Khan said the federalcabinet would decide whether it should file an appeal against the LHC’sjudgement.
The attorney general clarified that the LHC decision which allowed theformer prime minister to travel abroad for medical treatment, was purelybased on humanitarian grounds and merits of the case were yet to be decidedas no legal reason was given in the order.
He added, it was an interim order of the court, which did not reject thegovernment’s stance as the case would be resumed for final decision to lookinto merits of the case in January 2020.
“The cabinet never opposed Nawaz’s travel to abroad, however a legalrequirement was necessary to fulfil,” the AGP said.
He added the undertaking before the court of law had more value thanindemnity bonds the government was asking for.
“If the signatories, Nawaz Sharif and opposition leader Shahbaz Sharif, didnot fulfill their commitment to the courts then they could be tried underContempt of Court Ordinance and Article 61, 62-B of the Constitution,” hesaid.