Former prime minister Nawaz Sharif will return to Pakistan on October 21, as has been confirmed by his brother Shehbaz Sharif after a top huddle of the PML(N) in London. He will be facing the courts and legal proceedings on his return from a self-imposed exile in the UK since 2019.
According to Shehbaz Sharif, his brother will be landing in Lahore on October 21. Sources said the general elections in Pakistan are likely to be held in January 2024.
Last week, CNN-News18 had reported that the PML(N) supremo will be returning to his country in mid-October. Top sources close to the three-time PM had said all charges against him were fabricated and illegal. They had said Nawaz was sure that he will get full justice, and that the Pakistan Muslim League (N) wanted to contest the elections under his leadership.
Last month, too, Shehbaz had said the leader will return in October. Nawaz has been living in self-imposed exile in the UK since November 2019. He was convicted in the Al-Azizia Mills and Avenfield corruption cases in 2018.
The 73-year-old politician was serving a seven-year sentence at Lahore’s Kot Lakhpat jail in the Al-Azizia Mills case before he was allowed to proceed to London in 2019 on “medical grounds”.
According to media reports, the decision for Nawaz to return in October was taken after Shehbaz held two meetings with him when he visited London. Nawaz stepped down as the PM in 2016 after the Supreme Court of Pakistan disqualified him for life for concealing assets. His appeals against the conviction are pending in relevant courts.
(With PTI inputs)
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