Yousaf Raza Gillani, a former National Assembly speaker and vice chairman of the Pakistan People's Party (PPP), was accused of passport tampering on Saturday, and the British High Commission (BHC) has refused to issue him a visa. BHC sources said Gillani had applied for a visa on an official blue passport that was issued to him during his capacity as the National Assembly speaker, after writing the word ‘former’ before the designation. Calling it tampering, the commission refused to issue Gillani a visa, but keeping his capacity in view, the case has not yet been forwarded to the FIA. The former speaker, however, said that the commission had not told him of any tampering accusation, “rather a visa has been sent to me along with the passport”. Sources said Gillani had not yet been issued a visa.