ISLAMABAD - Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting Farrukh Habib Wednesday said that PML-N leader Nawaz Sharif would return home on next flight if given an NRO-like concession. Addressing a match concluding ceremony of the Inter-media Independence Cup, he said it was being told that Nawaz Sharif could not return to the country from London due to the coronavirus related restrictions, but, in reality, the PML-N sought an NRO (National Reconciliation Ordinance) for him.

He also recalled Maryam Nawaz’s statement in which she covertly demanded an NRO-like concession to let his father escape jail terms here.

The minister was astonished over the PML-N’s excuse of COVID restrictions and said it was the same Nawaz Sharif who had no regard for the anti-COVID-19 SOPs in London where he was watching polo matches, strolling Hide Park and eating pizzas. He said there were reports that Nawaz Sharif submitted another medical report to the authorities in London for extension of his visa.