In a major development, former prime minister Shehbaz Sharif has revealed the date for his elder brother and Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) supremo Nawaz Sharif’s return to Pakistan ahead of the upcoming elections to lead the party’s political campaign in the country.
“Nawaz Sharif will reach Pakistan on October 21,” Shehbaz told Geo News on Tuesday.
The statement came after a meeting of the PML-N’s top leadership headed by Nawaz in London.
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Nawaz — who has been in self-imposed exile in London since November 2019 owing to health reasons — was disqualified for life in 2017 by the Supreme Court for not declaring a receivable salary.
