LONDON: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) supremo Nawaz Sharif will return to Pakistan in October, his brother and party’s president Shehbaz Sharif said today.
“We held consultations with the senior leadership of the party and we have decided that Nawaz Sharif will return to Pakistan in October and lead the election campaign,” Shehbaz Sharif said while talking to journalists in London.
The PML-N president also said that his brother will come to Pakistan and face the law and “there are no two opinions on it”. However, Shehbaz Sharif did not specify a date when Nawaz would return
“Nawaz Sharif’s name was not there in Panama papers. His name was included in the investigation through a conspiracy and no action was taken against other people whose names were actually there,” the former premier said.
میاں شہباز شریف ، قائد مسلم لیگ ن میاں نواز شریف کے ہمراہ لندن میں نواز شریف کی وطن واپسی کے حوالے سے اہم حتمی گفتگو کر رہے ہیں https://t.co/pYuAW65Lm7
— PMLN DIGITAL (@pmlndigitalpk) August 25, 2023
Responding to a question on whether ‘current and former judges’ would be punished, Shehbaz emphasised on ‘transparent accountability’ across the board and said Pakistan cannot move forward without it.
In response to a question about elections, the former premier said that his party had dissolved assemblies as per the Constitution. “Following the dissolution, it is the responsibility of Election Commission to hold elections,” he added.
He also vowed that as a political party, the PML-N will “fully facilitate the ECP for free, fair and transparent elections”.
Shehbaz Sharif also lambasted Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) for being concerned about Imran Khan while he is incarcerated in jail, asking where was the top judge when Nawaz and his daughter were locked up behind bars.
Former prime minister Shehbaz Sharif and PML-N President is currently in London to discuss the matters related to his elder brother’s return to Pakistan and the current political scenario in the country.
