Pakistan Minister says Nawaz Sharif's passport to be cancelled on Feb 16

Speaking to reporters in Islamabad, he was quoted as saying by Dawn News the opposition had been "exposed" as money launderers and people who obtained iqamas (work permit) because they were not honest with the country. 

"Why did all these people use to take iqamas? If I as the interior minister obtain an iqama, it means there is something fishy and I don't have faith in my land," he said.

"[We] will cancel Nawaz Sharif's passport on February 16," he said.

Nawaz Sharif has been staying in London since November last year after he was allowed to leave the country for medical treatment.

Earlier this month, the PML-N leader was declared a proclaimed offender in two cases — Avenfield properties and Al-Azizia — by the Islamabad High Court after he failed to appear before the court, reports Dawn News.

The same day, Adviser to the Prime Minister on Accountability and Interior Mirza Shahzad Akbar said that United Kingdom authorities had been asked to deport the convicted former prime minister from their country, the newspaper reported.