UK will never allow politically motivated extradition: British Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt

British Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt, in a joint press conference held with Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi in London on Wednesday, assured that “no extradition treaty signed by the UK would ever allow for politically motivated extradition”.According to a statement released by the Pakistan High Commission, Foreign Minister Qureshi and British Foreign Secretary Hunt held the 4th review of Pakistan-UK Enhanced Strategic Dialogue (ESD) at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, today.
“Both sides pledged to move forward with an early conclusion of the extradition treaty and readmission agreement,” said the statement. Qureshi, in response to Hunt’s statement to the media, said: “Pakistan does not want to use extradition for political victimisation, that’s not the idea.”
“We feel that extradition is important. And we have also discussed in my meeting with the [British] home secretary that the impediment […] was the issue of capital punishment and we have resolved that by taking a decision that we are going to make amendments in the Pakistan penal code to address this issue,” said Qureshi.“So this will not be misused, but it is a requirement which needs to be discussed. And you know, concluded,” he added.The statements by the two dignitaries come in the backdrop of reports that an agreement has been reached between Pakistani and British authorities for the extradition of former finance minister Ishaq Dar to Pakistan. Source: .dawn.com