The government on Thursday green-lighted the issuance of a diplomatic passport for deposed prime minister Nawaz Sharif.
\nNawaz, who had been recommended surgery in the United States, had applied with the federal interior ministry for the issuance of a diplomatic passport for five years.
\nBased on the application, the federal interior ministry had sought the input of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) on whether it had any objection to issuing a diplomatic passport to a former prime minister.
\nAfter extended back and forth, which lasted around three weeks, the Foreign Office okayed the issuance of a passport.
\nThereafter, the interior ministry\u2019s Passport director general issued the passport.
\nIt is unclear by when Nawaz will receive the passport or use it.
\nFormer prime minister Imran Khan\u2019s government had refused to renew Nawaz\u2019s passport after it expired in February 2021 with the then-interior minister Sheikh Rashid stating that the PML-N supremo could be issued special travel documents to return to Pakistan.
\nThe former PM was granted eight-week bail on medical grounds in October 2019, and a month later, he was allowed to travel abroad for treatment for four weeks. He has not returned to Pakistan from London since.
\nEarlier this year in April, around a week after the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) government took over after a successful vote of no-confidence against Imran, an ordinary passport valid for 10 years had been issued.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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