London: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PMLN) supremo Nawaz Sharif is expected to return to Pakistan on October 15 this year as per family talks, reliable sources told JEE News on Friday.
According to sources, the date was discussed between Nawaz, Shehbaz Sharif and close family members in London to decide that the PML-N supremo will return to Pakistan in mid-October.
Earlier, JEE News reported that Nawaz will return to Pakistan by mid-September. However, the plan has changed in the last few days after the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) announced that elections would not be possible within 90 days.
Sources say that Nawaz Sharif’s return home has been delayed to mid-October, not because of the ECP’s declaration but on the advice of party loyalists that September is too hot and intense for large-scale political gatherings. Yes, mid-October is made a good time to return. .
The decision to return in mid-October was taken after Shahbaz Sharif held two meetings with the PML-N supremo in London. Shahbaz Sharif arrived in London last Sunday after handing over the reins to Caretaker Prime Minister Anwarul Haq Kakar.
The severity of the weather is being taken into consideration while deciding the date of Nawaz Sharif’s return home, it may change further but for now the date of October 15 is final and there will be further discussions around it. reliable source.
Lawyers and political aides of the Sharif family had advised the PML-N supremo to come to Pakistan soon after completing his tour of Europe and the Middle East, which began three months ago and three weeks before Nawaz Sharif’s arrival in London. But it was over.
However, some in the Muslim League (N) have advised Nawaz that it is better to arrive in Pakistan after mid-September – once the current Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Umar Atta Bandial retires.
Nawaz remains advised by the entire Muslim League (N), the Sharif family and lawyers to wait for the retirement of Chief Justice Bandyal, whom the party has accused of supporting the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) and moving out. . How to facilitate Imran Khan.
Two days ago, Nawaz lashed out at the current chief justice and former judges who were instrumental in ousting him from power in 2017.
The PML-N supremo accused the high judiciary of retaliation but went out of its way to facilitate PTI chairman and former prime minister Khan in his legal cases.
After Chief Justice Bandyal asked the Islamabad High Court to hear Khan’s Tosha Khana disqualification and conviction case, he criticized and suggested that the PTI leader was wrongly convicted and They were not given enough time to defend themselves.
Nawaz blamed “biased” judges and accused former Chief Justice Saqib Nisar and Justice (retd) Asif Saeed Khosa and serving Supreme Court judge Ijaz-ul-Ahsan and others of abusing and beating him in the name of justice. .
Nawaz said that there was a time when Chief Justice Saqib Nisar, Asif Saeed Khosa, Ijazul Ahsan, Sheikh Azmat Saeed and another judge were obsessed with putting me behind bars, disqualifying me and ending my government at any cost.
They have left no stone unturned against us, witnesses are coming forward about what they did, and these voices are coming from within the institutions.
“Justice Shaukat Aziz Siddiqui is not an outsider, he is from within the judiciary, he was a senior judge, he gave a witness statement, what more evidence is needed?”
Reacting to the intervention of Chief Justice Bandyal and Justice Mazahar Ali Naqvi in Khan’s case, he said that the PTI chief has been caught in the theft of billions and he is involved in cases of theft of billions from Tosha Khana to Al Qadir Trust. But the Chief Justice is trying to protect him.
Nawaz added: “The then Chief Justice Saqib Nisar was bent on impaling me but today’s Chief Justice is determined to save Imran Khan.
“He (Bandyal) knows that Imran Khan has destroyed the country, economy, national culture and traditions, he has destroyed the moral fabric of the nation, taught a culture of thuggery, and again and again. The Constitution of Pakistan has been violated.
“It is well known how he treated the opposition when he was in power and also in opposition. He did nothing but sit-ins and protests but despite all that we worked and delivered. “
Nawaz said that the Chief Justice is putting his career on the line for “this man”.
He added: “I am disappointed that even though Khan knows about the destruction of Pakistan, he is doing this. Who does not know that it was General Bajwa who brought Imran Khan to power, it was General Faiz.” were the ones who brought him to power. supported him.”
Nawaz said that it was Chaudhry Nisar who had said on record that Nawaz and his daughter Maryam would have to go to jail at any cost for stealing the 2018 elections.
Saqib Nisar said on the record that we (judiciary) have to bring Imran Khan to power because it was the decision of General Bajwa and General Faiz.
Nawaz arrived in London on 19 November 2019, when he fell seriously ill in jail.
The family alleged that the Khan-led government and its supporters had tried to poison Nawaz. He was treated for four months at Harley Street Clinic and London Bridge Hospital.
The three-time prime minister was diagnosed with an immune system disorder and doctors in Pakistan recommended he go abroad for treatment as his condition continued to deteriorate despite the best possible care in the country.
