LAHORE: Former prime minister and Pakistan Muslim League-N (PML-N) chief Muhammad Nawaz Sharif’s flight will land in Lahore in the noon on October 21 and the party has finalized all arrangements to accord historic welcome to its leader on return to the country.
Nawaz Sharif left London on Wednesday and reached Saudi Arabia where he performed Umrah. Hussain Nawaz, son of former premier, Nasir Janjua, Rashid Nasrullah and others also performed Umrah with Nawaz Sharif who landed in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia on Thursday night. Sources said that Nawaz Sharif would start important meetings with top Saudi officials including the Saudi royal family from Saturday. He will then travel to Dubai.
According to details, the former premier will land at Lahore’s Allama Iqbal Airport on October 21 (Saturday). “Umeed-e-Pakistan” flight will take off from UAE at 8:30am and reach the provincial capital at 12:30pm.
In this flight, more than 150 passengers will travel along with the PML-N leader including party members and journalists. The special flight will land in Islamabad from Dubai before proceeding to Lahore, where Nawaz will address the gathering arranged by his party faithful.
The former prime minister arrived in London nearly four years ago in November 2019 in an air ambulance to seek medical treatment for multiple diseases after he was allowed to leave Pakistan by the Lahore High Court. He was accompanied by his brother Shehbaz Sharif and a personal physician as he was taken to his London residence at Avenfield apartments.
Nawaz had arrived in London for a few weeks only and he has been getting regular medical check-ups at the Harley Street clinic. He decided not to return to Pakistan and initiated his speeches to party workers from London and has been conducting party affairs ever since from here. This is Nawaz’s second exile term after first being deposed in a bloodless military coup in 1999.
