Nawaz back in London en route to US

LONDON: Former prime minister Nawaz Sharif reached London on Saturday night for medical treatment – exactly a year after he left for Pakistan ending nearly three years of self-imposed exile.

Nawaz Sharif was welcomed in London by a large number of his supporters, including the newly appointed president of the UK chapter Ahsan Dar and others. A group of PTI workers gathered opposite the Avenfield flats and raised slogans against the PMLN leader.

According to his party, Sharif will stay in London for around three days and will then depart for the United States where he will spend around a week for private meetings.

Nawaz reached Dubai on Friday and spent a night at the home of Hasnain Dar, the younger son of Deputy Prime Minister Ishaq Dar. The 74-year-old three-time former premier will spend time with his sons in London and undergo medical treatment, a PMLN source said.

Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz will also likely travel to London in the first or second week of next month and will visit Geneva with her father for a follow-up on her throat surgery at a local clinic.

As Nawaz Sharif arrived at the Avenfield flats, activists of PMLN and PTI exchanged harsh words.