PML-N senior leader Mian Javed Latif said Monday that former Prime Minister and party supremo Nawaz Sharif will return to Pakistan after Eid.
Following his illness, the PML-N supremo left for London in November 2019 after Prime Minister Imran Khan granted him permission to travel abroad for medical treatment.
In the Al-Azizia Steel Mills corruption case, Nawaz was sentenced to seven years in prison and fined £8 million (Rs1.3 billion) by an accountability court in 2018, and he was also sentenced to a total of 11 years in prison and fined £8 million (Rs1.3 billion) in the Avenfield properties case.
After suspending his sentence, the Lahore High Court (LHC) allowed Nawaz to travel abroad for medical treatment in 2019.
PML-N senior leader Javed Latif said on Geo News’ Aapas Ki Baat that Nawaz Sharif will return to Pakistan after Eid because there is currently no pandemic in the country.
Nawaz Sharif will face charges after arriving in Pakistan, according to Latif.
“He [Nawaz Sharif] will face the courts and the rule of law,” he continued, “but we do not expect anyone to be treated as a ladla [favourite] or to be subjected to brutality.”
Shehbaz Sharif is the 23rd Prime Minister of Pakistan.
Nawaz Sharif’s return to Pakistan was announced shortly after his younger brother, Shehbaz Sharif, was elected as Pakistan’s 23rd prime minister on Monday.
PM Shehbaz received 174 votes, while PTI’s candidate Shah Mahmood Qureshi received none after his party decided to boycott the election.
The election was held under the chairmanship of MNA Ayaz Sadiq, two days after the lower house of Parliament voted to remove Prime Minister Imran Khan from office, ending a nearly 14-hour standoff between the Opposition and Khan’s ruling party that began on Saturday morning.
Nawaz Sharif’s trial timeline
Nawaz Sharif’s condition deteriorated on the night of October 21 and 22, 2019, and he was rushed to the hospital.
In the Chaudhry Sugar Mills case, Nawaz Sharif was granted bail on medical grounds on October 25.
In the Al-Azizia case, Nawaz Sharif was granted interim bail on humanitarian grounds on October 26.
Nawaz Sharif suffered a mild heart attack on October 26, according to Punjab Health Minister Yasmeen Rashid.
In the Al-Azizia case, Nawaz Sharif’s sentence was suspended for two months on medical grounds on October 29.
He was transferred to Jati Umra after being discharged from Nawaz Sharif Services Hospital.
On November 8, Shahbaz Sharif requested that Nawaz Sharif’s name be removed from the Exit Control List by the Interior Ministry (ECL).
The federal cabinet granted Nawaz Sharif conditional permission to leave the country on November 12.
In the Lahore High Court on November 14, the PML-N challenged the indemnity bond condition.
The Lahore High Court granted Nawaz Sharif permission to travel abroad for medical treatment on November 16.
Nawaz Sharif flew to London for treatment on November 19, 2019.
