Nawaz Sharif’s plane leaves for Lahore

LAHORE: The Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) supremo and former prime minister Nawaz Sharif’s plane has departed for Lahore, where he will address a gathering at Greater Iqbal Park.

He is expected to arrive in Lahore in approximately 30 to 40 minutes.

Nawaz reaches Islamabad airport:

Nawaz Sharif has returned to the country after ending four-year self-imposed exile. His chartered flight ‘Umeed-e-Pakistan’ touched down at Islamabad International Airport at 1:36pm local time.

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He departed for Pakistan from Dubai Airport via chartered flight FZ 425 at 10:42am. The flight comprises 164 people with 16 of those seated in the business class.

The flight departed for Pakistan after a delay of 1 hour and 22 minutes from Dubai International Airport.