@Imran Khan
This not bad----bad was during Kargil---when Nawaz Sharif visited U S---he came with a plane load of entourage----while Pakistan's fate was being discussed at the white house---Sharif's wife and family were shopping at Macy's late at night-----the store was specially opened for them to shop without any hinderance.
Oh---wives / sisters do travel with their husbands when they are on official business----because as the men are talking to each other----the women of the effected area need to talk to a women----.
My mother did travel with my father on any official tours---. There was this one guy---if you remember his name Mohammad Ali Jinnah---his sister---her name was Fatima Jinnah---she used to travel with her brother all the time.
To compare an SOP to a felony is extremely unfair---we need to be better judges.