LAHORE: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) Vice president Maryam Nawaz has condemned the barring of Shehbaz Sharif by the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) from traveling abroad on Saturday.
On a social media website Twitter, Maryam Nawaz said, “it is highly condemnable how fake government has brazenly violated the court order by stopping PML-N president at the airport today.” She further said that the government move shows how scared selected is of Shehbaz Sharif.
Highly condemnable how jaali government has brazenly violated court order by stopping @CMShehbaz at the airport today. Shows how scared selected is of him.
— Maryam Nawaz Sharif (@MaryamNSharif) May 8, 2021
Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) President Shehbaz Sharif was barred from boarding a Doha-bound flight on Saturday and was offloaded from the aircraft.
The PML-N leader was granted “one-time” permission to fly abroad on medical grounds by the Lahore High Court and was set to depart for Qatar where he was expected to fly to London.
Shehbaz was scheduled to leave for Doha from the Lahore airport today onboard a foreign airline. After spending some days in quarantine, he was had planned to fly to London where he was to consult his doctors.
Shehbaz was even issued a boarding card by a foreign airline. However, when he arrived at the immigration counter, he was barred from boarding the plane. He informed the officials about the court for his one-time travel permit.
The immigration officials said the system has not been updated and Shehbaz Sharif’s name is still on the no-fly list and hence he cannot leave the country. The officials then gave him the offload form after which he left the airport
Several PML-N leaders including Ataullah Tarar, Uzma Bukhari and Marriyum Aurangzeb went to the airport to see off Shehbaz. The LHC had allowed Shehbaz to go abroad on medical grounds from May 8 to July 3.
PML-N spokesperson Marriyum Aurangzeb condemned the move after Shehbaz was denied permission to fly abroad. She alleged that Shehbaz was held back at the behest of Prime Minister Imran Khan and SAPM Shahzad Akbar.
The spokesperson said restraining him from traveling abroad is in contempt of court, adding that the claim regarding the system not being updated is false. She added that the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) is committing contempt of court on Imran Khan’s behest.
