IHC summons Nawaz Sharif via newspaper advertisement

The Islamabad High Court on Wednesday summoned former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif through a newspaper advertisements after arrest warrants against Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz (PML-N) chief were not received by his representatives in London.

As per details, the advertisement will be posted in Dawn and Jang newspapers.

The federal government has been directed to bear the cost of the advertisement and additional attorney general was asked to pay the fees within two days.

Earlier in the day, the Pakistan High Commission officials in the United Kingdom informed the court that the representatives of PML-N supremo had initially agreed to receive the arrest warrants of Nawaz Sharif, but changed his mind minutes before arriving at Sharif’s Park Lane residence.

Earlier in the day, officials posted at the Pakistani High Commission in the United Kingdom informed IHC that a representative of Nawaz Sharif had initially agreed to receive the arrest warrants against the PML-N supremo, but changed his mind minutes before their arrival to the former prime minister's Park Lane residence.

First Secretary of the High Commission Dildar Ali Abro, in his written reply submitted to the court said that Waqar Ahmed, a secretary to Nawaz Sharif’s son, called him and informed him that he will receive the warrants for the former prime minister.

“It was agreed with Waqar that he would receive the warrants on September 23 at 11am,” Abro told the court. He added that Waqar was also informed that the mission’s Consular Attache Rao Abdul Hanan would hand over the warrants.

“At 10:20am Waqar called me to apologise and declined to receive the warrants,” Abro told the court.