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Shahbaz`s wife, daughters go undergound, son files petition
Islamabad, June 29: In order to thwart attempts by the Pakistani government to deport them, the wife and daughters of deposed premier Nawaz Sharif`s brother, Shahbaz, have gone underground even as his son filed a petition in the Lahore High Court to prevent the move.
Islamabad, June 29: In order to thwart attempts by the Pakistani government to deport them, the wife and daughters of deposed premier Nawaz Sharif's brother, Shahbaz, have gone underground even as his son filed a petition in the Lahore High Court to prevent the move.
Police launched a frantic search for Shahbaz's wife Nusrat and their daughters Rabia and Javeria as they could not find them in their houses yesterday, reports from Lahore said.
Pakistan's interior minister Faisel Saleh Hayat said yesterday that the three would be sent back to Jeddah where the Sharifs' have been exiled.
He said the three were allowed to return for conducting the marriages of Rabia and Javeria but over stayed without making any efforts to get them married, he said.
As the police continued a manhunt for the three, Shahbaz's son Hamza filed a writ petition in the high court to prevent the deportation of his mother and sisters and sought the restoration of water and power connections to their house.
The court ordered the immediate restoration of the water and power connections and listed the case for hearing tomorrow.
Shahbaz, who is also the president of Pakistan Muslim League (N), condemned the move by the Pakistani authorities to deport his wife and children from Lahore.
"If the government wants to charge me, it's a different story but my wife and children are not signatory to any agreement. They are apolitical and citizens of Pakistan," he told 'Daily Dawn' in a telephone interview from New York, where he was convalescing from surgery.
Bureau Report
Pakistan's interior minister Faisel Saleh Hayat said yesterday that the three would be sent back to Jeddah where the Sharifs' have been exiled.
He said the three were allowed to return for conducting the marriages of Rabia and Javeria but over stayed without making any efforts to get them married, he said.
As the police continued a manhunt for the three, Shahbaz's son Hamza filed a writ petition in the high court to prevent the deportation of his mother and sisters and sought the restoration of water and power connections to their house.
The court ordered the immediate restoration of the water and power connections and listed the case for hearing tomorrow.
Shahbaz, who is also the president of Pakistan Muslim League (N), condemned the move by the Pakistani authorities to deport his wife and children from Lahore.
"If the government wants to charge me, it's a different story but my wife and children are not signatory to any agreement. They are apolitical and citizens of Pakistan," he told 'Daily Dawn' in a telephone interview from New York, where he was convalescing from surgery.
Bureau Report