LONDON – Former prime minister Nawaz Sharif has left London for Saudi Arabia and will be returning to Pakistan after a brief stay of two days in the Kingdom according to sources on Monday.
On Sunday it was known that the former premier’s visa has arrived for his travel to Jeddah.
Sharif’s mother was already staying in Jeddah and it is indicated by sources that Mr. Sharif would take his mother along for Umrah from there he will then travel to Islamabad.
In what is referred to as a very private visit, during which no other meetings are on the schedule, according to sources.
Nawaz is said to have booked an air ticket for a return flight to Pakistan on October 21. However, according to the latest schedule, Nawaz would arrive in Pakistan from London on October 24 via PK-758, but that also did not happen.
The former prime minister Nawaz has been indicted in three corruption cases against him and his family, for which he has missed three corruption hearings against him at the accountability court.
Nawaz was gone to London on October 4 because his wife Kulsoom was undergoing treatment for cancer, it was a second visit of the former premier to London after his wife was diagnosed with lymphoma cancer on August 22.
