Can Prime Minister Imran Khan Bring Nawaz Sharif Back?

The mercury level on the political scale is recently touching boiling point after recent developments in the political scenario amid spiels from opposition and government fronts describing their narratives.

The government keeps hammering home its intent of holding the corrupt elements found in the rows of opposition accountable.

However, the government is also being criticized by the public and opposition for giving room to Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz (PML-N) Head Nawaz Sharif to fly to United Kingdom (UK) for treatment, which government iterates it did on a humanitarian basis.

As an offset, Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan has come up with a statement that is yet to be tested if lawful.

While giving an interview to ARY News channel aired on Friday night, the premier said that he was ready to go to any extent for bringing Nawaz Sharif back to Pakistan so that the corruption trials against him could be resumed.

Imran Khan said that he would not refrain from flying to the UK and personally request the British Prime Minister to extradite the ex-prime minister who is a fugitive of the law and had taken refuge abroad on the pretext of illness to avert arrest in his homeland.

Commenting on the opposition leaders, Prime Minister said, “I know how they have become what they are today”.

Imran Khan asserted that the opposition’s one-point agenda was to pressurize him to an extent to get spared.

“Their only aim to come into power is to fill pockets of their families”, Prime Minister said.

He added that he would take to the roads again with people if, at any point, the corrupt politicians returned to power.

Saqlain Imam, a senior journalist associated with BBC, talked to News360 on the claims made by the premier regarding extradition or forcing deportation on Nawaz Sharif using personal channels.

Imam refuted the idea by saying that the British laws do not allow the arrest of a person on insistence made by someone offshores.

Even if an extradition pact exists between the two countries, a foreign national, suspect or convicted, residing in the UK had the authority to approach the court against the government’s decision of extradition or deportation, he added.

Saqlain Imam cited a few similar cases in the past but commented that it should also be kept in mind that such sensitive cases remain under adjudication for years.

Answering a question, the journalist said that if a person residing in the UK for medical treatment was willing to return to his homeland, he certainly can with his doctor’s permission.