Islamabad: Pakistan’s deposed Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif is preparing to return to the country’s politics after a year-long hiatus. PPP President Bilawal Bhutto Zardari has invited him to participate in the opposition-led multi-party digital conference on Sunday aimed at starting an agitation against the Imran Khan government.
Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz (PML-N) chief Sharif (70) was granted permission by the Lahore High Court last year to go abroad for four weeks for treatment, after which He has been living in London since November.
Pakistan’s three-time Prime Minister Sharif, his daughter Maryam and son-in-law Mohammad Safdar were convicted on 6 July 2018 in the Avonfield property case. Sharif was deposed in 2017. In December 2018, he was sentenced to seven years imprisonment in the Al Azizia steel mill case. However, he was released on bail in both the cases. He was also allowed to go to London for treatment.
According to Sharif’s lawyer, he was asked to return in eight weeks, but could not do so due to health reasons. Zardari, the president of the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP), spoke to Sharif over phone on Friday, and invited him to attend the Opposition-led multi-party conference on Sunday through digital means.
Sharif’s political heir and his daughter Maryam thanked Zardari for the invitation. In this conference, a strategy will be made to launch an agitation against the government of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf Party, led by Prime Minister Imran Khan.
Opposition parties say that the Khan government has failed to deal with issues like inflation and poverty. Although PML-N has not confirmed Sharif’s participation in the conference, but party MP Mussaddik Malik has told Samaa TV that Sharif will attend the meeting and address it. He has said that Maryam Nawaz will also attend the conference. The newspaper ‘Don’ has also reported that Sharif will take part in this conference.
