LHC should take action against Shehbaz over Nawaz Sharif’s return: Fawad

Karachi: Minister for Information Fawad Chaudhry on Sunday said that the government has instructed the attorney general to ask the Lahore High Court (LHC) to either bring back PML-N leader Nawaz Sharif or take action against Shehbaz Sharif for submitting in court a fake undertaking ensuring the return of his brother to the country.

Addressing a press conference in Karachi, the information minister said that the high court should have taken action against Shehbaz itself. “Shehbaz Sharif was guarantor of his brother’s return as he submitted an affidavit in this regard. If Shehbaz fails to bring back Nawaz Sharif, courts should take notice of this as well,” he said. 

"Essentially, the high court should have taken suo motu notice, summoned Shehbaz and questioned him about the affidavit he submitted for his brother's return and whether he should be jailed for submitting a ‘fake affidavit’, " he said.

“We have told the attorney general to take this case up and request the high court to either bring back Nawaz or take action against Shehbaz for submitting a fake affidavit,” the minister further said. 

Commenting about inflation in the country, Fawad Chaudhry said that Pakistan witnessed an increase in prices of petrol and other commodities due to international market fluctuations.

Nawaz had left the country in 2019 after his seven-year sentence for corruption was suspended by the Islamabad High Court for eight weeks so he could seek medical treatment abroad. He never returned and was declared a "proclaimed offender" by multiple courts and "absconder" by the government.