Nawaz Sharif departs for Europe

LONDON: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) supremo Nawaz Sharif along with his family have departed for Europe from London.

Doctors have advised former prime minister and Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) supremo Nawaz Sharif to visit the United States before returning to Pakistan.

Sources privy to the development said that the PML-N supremo has been advised to visit US for treatment before heading back to Pakistan and Sharif has informed the party leadership regarding the schedule.

Sources privy to the party said that the former PM will undergo treatment for his arteries from the US and his family has also approached the embassy pertaining to US visit.

Sources further said that the PML-N supremo has been advised to visit US after receiving his passport and party vice president Maryam Nawaz will accompany her father in the visit.

Nawaz Sharif will also undergo a surgery in Britain upon returning from the US and he will give a timeframe for his return to the country after surgery.

In 2019, Nawaz Sharif on November 19 left for London in an air ambulance for medical treatment for multiple diseases after the Lahore High Court allowed him to travel abroad for four weeks and rejected the Imran Khan government’s condition of furnishing an indemnity bond.

Sharif, 69, was accompanied by his younger brother Shehbaz Sharif and his personal physician Adnan Khan. He left for London via Qatar in a “high-end” air ambulance which arrived from Doha.

Sharif was taken to Harely Street Clinic upon arrival in London for his treatment and if required he may be shifted to Boston (US) for further treatment.