Pakistan PM Shehbaz Sharif has said that his elder brother Nawaz Sharif will become the Prime Minister of the country if his party PML-N emerges victorious in the next general elections.
Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has said that if his party Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) wins the next general elections, then Nawaz Sharif will become the next premier of the country, reported the news agency PTI. Notably, Nawaz Sharif has been living in self-imposed exile in London since 2019. PM Shehbaz said that his elder brother Nawaz will return to the country in the next few weeks. He said this while speaking on a Geo News programme on Sunday.
Shehbaz said the three-time former prime minister would face the law once he returns to Pakistan. He added that Nawaz was sent abroad on medical grounds on the basis of a medical report which was prepared on the directives of former PM Imran Khan, the agency reported.
The top court of Pakistan had disqualified Nawaz Sharif in 2017. The next year, Nawaz became ineligible to hold public office for life after the Supreme Court verdict in the Panama Papers case. Notably, he was serving a seven-year jail term in the Al-Azizia Mills corruption case when he left for London on a four-week bail, the agency stated. PTI further reported that the Lahore High Court had given the former PM bail on medical grounds.
According to PTI, Shehbaz Sharif said that a notification of the dissolution of the National Assembly will be sent to President Arif Alvi a few days ahead of the completion of the tenure at 12 midnight on August 12. The PML-N party president maintained that the party would try its best to make seat adjustments with allied parties in the general elections.