{"id":13983,"date":"2023-10-14T01:14:33","date_gmt":"2023-10-14T01:14:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/pm-kakar-dismisses-deal-rumours-ahead-of-nawazs-return\/"},"modified":"2023-10-14T01:14:33","modified_gmt":"2023-10-14T01:14:33","slug":"pm-kakar-dismisses-deal-rumours-ahead-of-nawazs-return","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/pm-kakar-dismisses-deal-rumours-ahead-of-nawazs-return\/","title":{"rendered":"PM Kakar dismisses \u2018deal\u2019 rumours ahead of Nawaz\u2019s return"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<p>\u2022 Says PML-N supremo to face legal obstacles, caretaker govt has no soft corner for any party<br \/>\u2022 Kakar to visit China next week to attend Belt and Road Initiative celebrations<br \/>\u2022 Kashmir dispute root cause of tensions in South Asia, PM tells OIC envoy<\/p>\n<p>ISLAMABAD: Caretaker Prime Minister Anwaarul Haq Kakar on Thursday quashed rumours of a potential deal for the homecoming of PML-N supremo Nawaz Sharif, stressing that the former premier would have to face legal challenges after his return to Pakistan.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe caretaker government has no soft corner for PML-N or any other political party,\u201d Mr Kakar said in an interview with <em>World Echo News<\/em>. \u201cHow can a caretaker government strike such a deal?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He said Mr Sharif had left the country according to a court decision \u201cunder the nose of Imran Khan\u2019s government, and not a caretaker set-up\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>However, he stressed that if Mr Sharif returned and took part in politics, he would have to face some legal obstacles. \u201cThe answers to these legal questions lie in legal remedies,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Kakar said that every leader, be it Imran Khan, Asif Ali Zardari or Nawaz Sharif, would have to seek legal remedy according to their circumstances.<\/p>\n<p>Nawaz Sharif, who has been in self-imposed exile since 2019, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dawn.com\/news\/1517603\">left for London<\/a> in the middle of his seven-year jail term on medical grounds. In the four years since, he was declared a proclaimed offender in the Al Azizia and Avenfield graft cases for his continuous absence from proceedings.<\/p>\n<p>Last month, PML-N President Shehbaz Sharif <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dawn.com\/news\/1775482\/nawaz-to-return-to-pakistan-on-oct-21-shehbaz\">confirmed<\/a> that his elder brother was returning to the country on Oct 21. Subsequently, the PML-N <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dawn.com\/news\/1778702\">declared<\/a> that Nawaz Sharif was ready to face \u201call kinds of circumstances\u201d upon his return from London.<\/p>\n<p><strong>PM to visit China<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, at the invitation of Chinese President Xi Jinping, Prime Minister Kakar will visit China to participate in the \u2018Third Belt and Road Forum (BRF) for International Cooperation\u2019, to be held in Beijing from Oct 17-18.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"media  sm:w-1\/2  w-full  media--right  media--embed  media--uneven\">\n<p>    <iframe class=\"nk-iframe\" onload=\"setInterval(()=&gt;{try{this.style.height=this.contentWindow.document.body.scrollHeight+'px';}catch{}}, 100)\" width=\"100%\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" style=\"height:400px;position:relative\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dawn.com\/news\/card\/1780637\" sandbox=\"allow-same-origin allow-scripts allow-popups allow-modals allow-forms\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p>According to the Foreign Office, Mr Kakar will attend the opening ceremony of the BRF and address the high-level forum entitled \u2018Connectivity in an Open Global Economy\u2019 to be held on Oct 18. He will hold bilateral meetings with President Xi, senior Chinese officials and several leaders attending the forum.<\/p>\n<p>During his stay in China, the prime minister will also meet with leading Chinese entrepreneurs to expand bilateral trade and investment.<\/p>\n<p>In a separate meeting on Thursday with Pakistan\u2019s former ambassador to Bahrain, Javed Malik, Mr Kakar directed the Board of Investment to chalk out an effective strategy for joint cooperation on investment with Pakistanis living abroad.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Investment strategy, shipyards<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The caretaker premier also presided over a meeting of the policy board on the development of shipbuilding in Pakistan and urged the establishment of more shipyards in the country.<\/p>\n<p>He was informed that ship manufacturing yards could be set up in various coastal areas of Balochistan, including Surbandar, Kappar and Pashu Khan. He also directed the authorities concerned to control illegal trawling in the coastal areas.<\/p>\n<p><strong>OIC delegation<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Later, the special envoy of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation\u2019s (OIC) secretary general for Jammu and Kashmir, Yousef M. Al Dobeay, called on Prime Minister Kakar.<\/p>\n<p>Stressing that the Kashmir dispute was the root cause of tensions in South Asia, the premier said: \u201cPeace in the region would remain elusive till its resolution. Pakistan was committed to a just and peaceful resolution of the Kashmir dispute in accordance with the UN Security Council resolutions.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Highlighting the tremendous sacrifices of the people of India-held Kashmir to realise their inalienable right to self-determination, the prime minister said that the Kashmiris have always looked towards the OIC and the Ummah for support.<\/p>\n<p>Ambassador Yousef M. Al Dobeay assured Mr Kakar of OIC\u2019s principled position on the Jammu and Kashmir dispute. He said the OIC was fully committed to the Kashmir cause and his visit to Pakistan and Azad Jammu and Kashmir was an expression of that commitment.<\/p>\n<p><em>Published in Dawn, October 13th, 2023<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u2022 Says PML-N supremo to face legal obstacles, caretaker govt has no soft corner for any party\u2022 Kakar to visit China next week to attend Belt and Road Initiative celebrations\u2022 Kashmir dispute root cause of tensions in South Asia, PM tells OIC envoy ISLAMABAD: Caretaker Prime Minister Anwaarul Haq Kakar on Thursday quashed rumours of 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