Nawaz Sharif likely to return next month

LONDON– Former prime minister and Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) supremo Nawaz Sharif has concluded his European tour and is expected to return to Pakistan next month.

Nawaz Sharif had left London for Dubai on June 24 where he held important meetings with top leadership of his party. Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari and co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari also held meeting with Nawaz Sharif in Dubai.

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The PML-N leader left for Italy from Dubai on July 28. He also visited Switzerland and Germany after completing his visit to Italy.

According to sources, Nawaz Sharif is expected to meet several political figures at his London residence in the next few days.

Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif along with other top PML-N leaders will also travel to London to meet Nawaz Sharif.

PM Shehbaz in an interview also revealed that PML-N supremo Nawaz Sharif would return to Pakistan next month, though he didn’t give an exact date.

“As soon as the caretaker government takes charge, I intend to take a trip to London, where I will meet my elder brother to finalise the programme,” he said. “But I can tell you right now that, God willing, he [Mr Nawaz] will return to Pakistan next month.”