Minister for Science and Technology Fawad Chaudhry on Wednesday expressed the hope that the government would bring Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) supreme leader and former prime minister Nawaz Sharif back to the country by January 15 next year. Talking to a private news channel, Fawad said that Nawaz’s position is different from others because he is convicted by the court. The statement comes days after Prime Minister Imran Khan, addressing a gathering of his party's volunteer force called Tiger Force, vowed to bring back the former premier and throw him in jail with other "ordinary prisoner". A visibly angry PM Imran derided Nawaz as “a jackal who ran away to London with its tail between its legs”. The prime minister also criticised the PML-N supreme leader for “trying to sow discord in the military, the judiciary, and the government” in an attempt to escape accountability for his massive financial corruption”.

Source: The Express Tribune October 21, 2020 16:07 UTC