Former Prime Minister and Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) Supremo, Nawaz Sharif’s request for an extension in his visit visa has been turned down by British authorities, reported Geo News.
Nawaz’s six-month visit visa has expired, after which he had put in a request with the United Kingdom (UK) Home Office to grant him an extension on health grounds.
The request, however, was denied by the immigration department.
PML-N leader has two ways to go about this recent development in relevance to his stay: to appeal the decision with the department, and in the event, it is turned down, he can approach British courts.
Meanwhile, Minister for Interior Sheikh Rasheed said, “Nawaz cannot travel anywhere with his expired Pakistani passport.”
Rasheed further added that Nawaz’s visa had expired on February 16 and that he is “no longer a citizen of Pakistan”.
PML-N spokesperson Marriyum Aurangzeb took to Twitter and tweeted that the British home department in their response has stated that Nawaz can appeal the decision with an immigration tribunal.
She said Nawaz’s lawyers had therefore filed an appeal with the tribunal, his medical records will be included in it as well.
“Nawaz Sharif can legally reside in Britain until the decision,” she said.
The PML-N spokesperson while talking to Geo News said that Nawaz “has not and will never seek political asylum”.
“These people [government] have nothing better than to do than to speak lies about Nawaz Sharif every day,” she said.
