TIL Desk/World/Islamabad/ Pakistan’s ousted prime minister Nawaz Sharif today returned to the country from the United Kingdom to face corruption and money laundering charges in the Panama Papers scandal. He was in London to be with his ailing wife Kulsoom who is undergoing treatment for throat cancer.
Sharif, 67, decided to return after consultations with senior party leaders including his younger brother and Punjab province Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif in London, party officials said.
The aircraft carrying him landed in Islamabad at around 7.30 am and a confident Sharif came out, waved to his supporters and left in official protocol, news reports said.
Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz officials said that he would stay in Punjab House in Islamabad and hold meetings with party leaders today and tomorrow. “He (Sharif) would appear before the accountability court tomorrow (September 26) to defend himself in three corruption cases,” the officials said.
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