Suleman Shehbaz - son of Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif - will land in Islamabad tonight, reported 24NewsHD TV channel Saturday.

Suleman Shehbaz will return to Pakistan from Saudi Arabia via Saudi Airlines flight SV 726.

The Islamabad High Court has barred National Accountability Bureau (NAB) and Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) from taking Suleman into custody from the airport.

Suleman is wanted to NAB in assets beyond means case. Suleman, who was declared absconder in a money laundering case and was staying in London, contended before the IHC through his lawyer Amjad Parvez that he wanted to return home to face the cases against him, praying the court to grant him protective bail for two weeks.

A court had declared Suleman Shehbaz and Tahir Naqvi absconders in July this year in a money laundering case against them.

A two-judge IHC bench, headed by Chief Justice Amir Farooq and Justice Sardar Ejaz Ishaq Khan, also ordered Suleman Shehbaz to surrender before the court by December 13 (Tuesday).

While hearing the plea for his protective bail on Thursday, IHC Chief Justice Amir Farooq said that it is compulsory for an accused to appear in person for getting protective bail. Upon which the lawyer said that Suleman will reach Islamabad on December 11.

After this, the court granted protective bail to the son of Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif. The court forbade Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) from taking Suleman into custody from the airport. The court also barred National Accountability Bureau (NAB) from arresting Suleman Shehbaz till December 13.

Pertinent to note that the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) had written a letter to the UK government to hand over Suleman, who was wanted by the accountability watchdog under money laundering charges and the Telegraphic Transfer scandal.

An accountability court in 2019 also issued non-bailable warrants for the arrest of Suleman in a money laundering case. He went abroad in 2018.

The Federal Investigation Agency’s (FIA) banking crime circle had claimed to have unearthed billions of rupees stashed money in the bank accounts of his employees.