PM Shehbaz arrives in London for two-day visit; Nawaz to follow

LONDON: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif arrived in London on Friday night from Belarus for a brief two-day visit and the PML-N leader and former prime minister Nawaz Sharif will be reaching London on Saturday for two-week tour.

The premier landed at Luton Airport late in the evening and is expected to stay in the city over the weekend. He will then fly back to Pakistan on Sunday night to attend the Overseas Pakistanis Convention in Islamabad. He was received at the airport by PML-N UK leaders Ahsan Dar, Rashid Hashmi and Khurram Butt.

PML-N sources said that the prime minister will go for medical checkups on Saturday and has two meetings planned on Sunday. He has been undergoing health evaluations in London for many years.

The PM will meet his elder brother Nawaz at the Avenfield flats before leaving for Pakistan.

PM Shehbaz on Friday said that Belarus had extended a "generous offer" to invite over 150,000 young, highly skilled Pakistani workers to contribute to nation-building efforts in the eastern European nation.

The premier – with Nawaz and Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz - was on an official visit to Belarus at the invitation of President Lukashenko.

This visit followed the latter's visit to Pakistan in November 2024, during which both nations signed more than a dozen important memoranda of understanding (MoUs) and agreements, with pledges to further expand bilateral cooperation in diverse fields.