Shehbaz Sharif to return to Pakistan on June 8

Opposition leader in the National Assembly Shehbaz Sharif, facing corruption charges, will return to Pakistan on Saturday following a "quick visit" to London, a media report said Thursday.

Shehbaz, 67, served as the chief minister of the politically crucial Punjab province from 2013 to 2018.

He became Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) president after his elder brother and three-time Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif was disqualified as the party president following a Supreme Court verdict in the Elections Act 2017 case.

Leader of the Opposition in the National Assembly Shehbaz will be returning to Pakistan on June 8, the Dawn newspaper reported, quoting a member of his personal staff.

Earlier, lawyers had informed an Accountability Court that Shehbaz will return to Pakistan on June 11.

Shehbaz had announced a "quick visit" to London on April 9 after his name was removed from the no-fly list on Lahore High Court orders. Party sources said at the time that he intended to return within ...