Politics

ISLAMABAD: Attorney General Anwar Mansoor Khan on Saturday termed the Lahore High Court’s (LHC) decision of allowing former prime minister Nawaz Sharif to travel abroad for medical treatment an interim verdict which, he said, would be followed by a final ruling. “The court handed down the verdict on an interim basis,” he said in a statement, adding the case has been fixed for hearing in January when the court will decide whether or not a prisoner can be allowed to go abroad in such a manner.

LAHORE: The additional attorney general (AAG) has rejected the written undertaking submitted by the Sharif in the Lahore High Court, ARY News reported on Saturday.The Sharif family had submitted a written undertaking in the Lahore High Court, ensuring that former prime minister Nawaz Sharif will return back to the country after getting fit.

An FIR was registered on Friday against leaders of the JUI-F for holding a rally in Karachi, on Hub River Road.  The case was registered at the Mochki police station on behalf of the state. JUI-F supporters staged a protest on Hub River Road at Lucky Chowrangi. The protest was part of their ‘Plan B’ after the Azadi March. It was registered under sections 147 (rioting), 148 (rioting with a deadly weapon), 149 (unlawful assembly), 341 (wrongful restraint) and 427 (mischief causing damage) of the Pakistan Penal Code.

JUI-F workers blocked GT Road in Islamabad on Friday as part of Maulana Fazlur Rehman's 'Plan B'. They blocked 26 No Chungi (GT Road) ahead of Friday prayers and later offered their prayers there.   The road is one of the main entry points into Islamabad and Rawalpindi and was closed for about five hours. Traffic has now resumed. But before the traffic police cleared the area, a huge traffic jam had developed there.

ISLAMABAD/LAHORE: Chairman Senate Muhammad Sadiq Sanjrani on Thursday ruled that the government should provide all possible health facilities to former president Asif Ali Zardari and ex-prime minister Nawaz Sharif. Chairing the session, Sanjrani ruled that the government should make arrangements for sending Nawaz abroad for medical treatment and advised against politicking on his health. PML-N Senator Muhammad Javed Abbasi raised the issue of poor health of Nawaz Sharif and said the government was seeking surety bond from Nawaz before going abroad for treatment.

Prime Minister Imran Khan summoned the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf’s (PTI) core committee to discuss Nawaz Sharif’s health and the JUI-F’s dharna protests, and the meeting will be held on Friday at 5:00 pm.In Meeting, the core committee will discuss the aftermath of the Azadi March dharna by the JUI-F and the removal of former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s name from the ECL and will also focus on parliamentary matters, economic situation of the country and inflation.

PML-N president Shehbaz Sharif is addressing a press conference to discuss the government's conditional decision to allow former prime minister Nawaz Sharif to travel abroad for medical treatment. He announced that the PML-N's legal team has approached the Lahore High Court against the government decision.

ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Bar Council (PBC) on Thursday urged the federal government to allow former prime minister Nawaz Sharif to travel abroad for medical treatment without the condition of submitting surety bonds. Vice Chairman of the PBC, Syed Ahmed Shah, condemned the federal government’s condition that the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) supremo would only be allowed to travel to London if he submitted surety bonds guaranteeing his return to the country after his recovery.

ISLAMABAD: Jamiat Ulema-e Islam (JUI-F) chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman has announced to end Islamabad sit-in, ARY News reported on Wednesday. “We are ending our Islamabad sit-in here and will expand protests across the country according to our Plan B, announced JUI-F chief while addressing participants of the Azadi March sit-in in Islamabad.

ISLAMABAD: JUI-F chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman while announcing start of plan B Tuesday night for ouster of the PTI government said Azadi March and sit-in in the federal capital would continue till achieving their objectives. “Continuing our Azadi March which is our plan A, we will also move towards our plan B,” Maulana Fazlur Rehman said while addressing participants of the march. The JUI-F top leader directed his party workers to come out of their houses for implementation of their next plan and wait for further directives of their leadership.