Amid virus outbreak, Shehbaz returning to Pakistan tomorrow

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) president and opposition leader in the National Assembly Shehbaz Sharif will be returning to Pakistan tomorrow after a four-month long stay in London.

In a Twitter statement, the party’s spokesperson Marriyam Aurangzeb said he decided to return to the country in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak.

Shehbaz Sharif will board the Pakistan International Airlines’ (PIA) Islamabad-bound flight at the Heathrow airport, slated to depart at 16:40 (GMT) on Saturday and is expected to land in Islamabad at 5:30 am on Sunday.

This is one of the national flag carrier’s last five flights that will be allowed to touch down in Pakistan as all international flights have been suspended to the country for two weeks in the wake of multiplying cases of COVID-19.

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It is to mention here that 666 cases of coronavirus have been reported in Pakistan to date.

Sindh has reported the highest number of 357 COVID-19 cases with 136 in Punjab.

Speaking at a press conference earlier today, Punjab Chief Minister Usman Buzdar said of the total, 106 COVID-19 cases were reported in Dera Gazi Khan, 20 in Lahore, four in Multan and one in Rawalpindi.

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