Nawaz Sharif’s passport set to expire

ISLAMABAD- Former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif is to face a range of legal challenges about his stay in UK as his Pakistani passport expires on Tuesday.

Interior Minister Sheikh Rashid has ruled out the renew of Sharif’s passport over his name featuring on a no-fly list.

“If Nawaz Sharif wants to return to Pakistan, he will not be stopped and we can get him a new passport within 72 hours” said Sheikh Rasheed during a news conference, according to Geo. “However, a person whose name is on the Exit-Control List (ECL) can neither be issued a new passport nor can his existing one be renewed.”

He said that Sharif’s passport will expired at midnight tonight.

He also slammed the former prime minister for taking “unfair advantage” of the high court’s decision to let him seek medical treatment abroad.

Rasheed said that Sharif had ‘deceived’ everyone by claiming that he needed to go abroad for medical treatment but had not sought it.

The interior minister, however, admitted that he was among those in the cabinet who voted in favour of letting Sharif go abroad to seek medical treatment.

“I won’t lie, I was among those who voted for him to be allowed to fly abroad,” he said. “