Violation of undertaking will be a serious crime: govt warns Nawaz

ISLAMABAD: Special Assistant to Prime Minister on Accountability Shahzad Akbar said on Sunday that if Nawaz Sharif violates the undertaking that he had given to the court about returning to the country, it would be taken as a serious crime. 

The prime minister's special assistant was holding a press conference when he said that the Lahore High Court (LHC) had not rejected the government's indemnity bond condition. 

"The court did not reject the indemnity bond condition--it suspended it and replaced it with an undertaking," he said. 

Akbar said that the government would keep track of the former prime minister in whichever country he was. 

"Whichever country Nawaz goes to we will inform their government that our convict is in your country," he said. 

He said that the government had kept the indemnity bond condition so as to obtain a guarantee from Nawaz that he would return to the country. 

Cabinet to decide about filing appeal against LHC judgement on Nawaz: Attorney General

Attorney General Anwar Mansoor Khan said the matter involving former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif's removal from the Exit Control List (ECL) as per Lahore High Court's orders will be produced before the federal cabinet after receiving the detailed judgement.

Khan said the federal cabinet would decide whether it should file an appeal against the LHC's judgement.

The attorney general clarified that the LHC decision which allowed the former prime minister to travel abroad for medical treatment, was purely based on humanitarian grounds and merits of the case were yet to be decided as no legal reason was given in the order.

He added, it was an interim order of the court, which did not reject the government's stance as the case would be resumed for final decision to look into merits of the case in January 2020.