Officials say Pakistan’s former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has sought protection from arrest from a court days before his planned return to the country. Sharif is expected to return home on Saturday from Saudi Arabia where he recently reached from London, where he's been living in self-imposed exile. He is currently a fugitive from justice.
FILE - Former Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif leaves a court in Lahore, Pakistan, on Oct. 8, 2018. Officials say Pakistan’s former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has sought protection from arrest from a court days before his planned return to the country. Sharif is expected to return home on Saturday, Oct. 21, 2023 from the United Arab Emirates, where he’s been living in self-imposed exile. He is currently a fugitive from justice.
He has been wanted by the Pakistani authorities since 2020, when a court issued a warrant for his arrest after he failed to return home from London.Pakistan’s Imran Khan remains behind bars as cases pile up. Another court orders he stay in jail Sharif is now expected to end nearly four years of self-imposed exile, most of which he spent in London. Last week, he traveled to Saudi Arabia, from where he is to fly to Dubai in preparation for his return to Pakistan on Saturday.
Sharif’s Pakistan Muslim League party says tens of thousands of people will greet him when he arrives at an airport in Lahore.
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