PM asks aides to devise legal plan for Sharif's repatriation

Imran says his government faces no threat from the protest movement announced by the opposition parties under the banner of the Pakistan Democratic Movement

ISLAMABAD

Prime Minister Imran Khan has asked his aides to devise a plan for the return of his predecessor Nawaz Sharif and also urged Pakistan Tehrik-unsafe (PTI) leaders to foil all moves of the opposition to destabilize the incumbent government.

An informed source said that Imran issued the directives while presiding over the first meeting of a committee recently formed to counter the narrative of the opposition.

The source added that Imran was committed to bringing back Sharif from London and has directed the committee members to devise a legal strategy because in the absence of an extradition treaty between Pakistan and the UK, it would become difficult to get the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) supremo extradited.

Last week, Adviser to the Prime Minister on Interior and Accountability Shahzad Akbar said that he had written fresh letters to the British authorities for Sharif’s repatriation, adding that a formal application had also been sent for his extradition.

The source further said the committee would meet on a daily basis and make day-to-day plans on how to counter the opposition’s moves in parliament, media and on political forums.