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Sheikh Rasheed meets British High Commissioner, requests Nawaz s deportation
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British ambassador congratulates Pakistan for making progress on the FATF roadmap.
Rasheed says UK s decision to place Pakistan on the travel red list discriminatory.
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan s Interior Minister Sheikh Rasheed on Wednesday met British High Commissioner to Pakistan Christian Turner and requested the British government to deport former prime minister Nawaz Sharif.
However, according to the interior minister, Turner failed to give a positive response to Nawaz s extradition request.
According to a statement issued by the Ministry of Interior, Turner and Rasheed reviewed the progress made between the UK and Pakistan related to extradition agreements.
Mosques to remain open for Taraweeh in Ramazan
Federal Minister Asad Umar, who is also heading the National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC), on Saturday questioned the British government’s decision to add Pakistan to its red list of travel restrictions due to a surge in Covid-19 cases.
Separately, the religious affairs and interfaith harmony ministry has said mosques would remain open across the country for congressional Taraweeh prayers during the holy month of Ramazan.
Umar, the head of the nerve centre for the country s combined response to the virus outbreak, tweeted that the move to add Pakistan to the red list raised a legitimate question whether the choice of countries was based on science or foreign policy.
Pakistan minister questions inclusion in UK s red list
Pakistan
Federal Minister for Planning Asad Umar. Photo: File
ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Planning Asad Umar on Saturday questioned the United Kingdom s decision to place Pakistan on its red list .
“Every country has a right to take decisions to safeguard the health of their citizens,” said Umar in a tweet a day after UK placed Pakistan on travel ban list.
The minister said that the recent decision by Boris Johnson-led government to add some countries, including Pakistan, to the red list due to rising COVID-19 cases raises the “legitimate question whether choice of countries is based on science or foreign policy”.
PIA to operate flights to and from Islamabad, Manchester on April 6, 7: sources
Pakistan
Sat, Apr 03, 2021
Ahead of the UK s red list ban on Pakistan kicking in on April 9, PIA will be operating flights to and from Islamabad and Manchester, sources said on Saturday.
According to sources, the national carrier will run four additional two-way flights between Islamabad and Manchester.
They said these flights, which will operate between April 6 and 7, will see 1,400 passengers transported. This will allow people, who had come over to Pakistan on extended Good Friday and Easter holidays, to return to the UK.
The sources said that fares as high as Rs400,000 are being charged for the flights.