Pakistan approaches British govt to bring Nawaz back.

Islamabad: The federal government has sent a letter to the UK authorities, asking them to deport former prime minister Nawaz Sharif to Pakistan, Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Information and Broadcasting Dr Firdous Ashiq Awan confirmed, a few days after the Punjab government decided not to extend his bail.

Briefing the media on the cabinet's meeting held earlier, Firdous said that a "letter to bring a foreigner back home has been sent", referring to Nawaz, who was allowed by the Islamabad High Court to go abroad for medical treatment last year.Firdous said that based on Shehbaz Sharif's reaction, it seemed that the letter written by the Foreign Ministry had arrived in the UK. She said that sending the letter to the UK authorities was necessary to fulfil legal requirements. A couple of days ago, Firdous had said that the government had decided to write to UK authorities to deport the former prime minister. She had accused the PML-N of not providing the Punjab government with updated medical reports of the PML-N chief.

"It has been 105 days since Nawaz left the country. During this time, he has not sent any reports regarding an improvement in his health, nor has he been admitted to any hospital. This means that you have misused the facility [that was extended to you]. "The medical board asks you to give medical reports but you send letters and certificates instead. There is a difference between a report and a letter," she maintained.

"Nawaz Sharif did not provide his medical reports to the Punjab government and time has now come that he should be brought back," she had said during an event in Sialkot.Referring to a photo that had surfaced on social media of the former premier at a cafe in London, the PM's aide stated, "This indicates that you did not fulfil the reason for which you were allowed to travel abroad."

She added that Nawaz was misleading the PML-N party workers. "We pity them because you have, once again, abandoned them." She stated that the same board that had allowed Nawaz to travel abroad was now saying that the recent paperwork...