Exiled ex-PM Nawaz Sharif will return to Pakistan on October 21, confirms his brother Shehbaz

Shehbaz Sharif, the former prime minister of Pakistan, confirmed on Tuesday (September 12) that his brother and Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) supremo Nawaz Sharif will return to the nation from London on October 21, ending his four-year exile.

Shehbaz added that the former prime minister will lead the party's political campaign in the upcoming elections. The 73-year-old has been living in self-imposed exile in London since November 2019.

After a meeting of the PML-N's top leadership headed by Nawaz in London, Shehbaz said: "Nawaz Sharif will return to Pakistan on October 21."

PML-N Information Secretary Marriyum Aurangzeb said on social media platform X, formerly known as Twitter, that the party founder would be given a grand welcome upon his return.

Nawaz was serving a seven-year imprisonment 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". He was convicted in the Al-Azizia Mills and Avenfield corruption cases in 2018.

(With inputs from agencies)

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