Ending his four-year exile, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif’s son Suleman Shehbaz has arrived in Pakistan in the wee hours of Sunday, reported 24NewsHD TV channel.
Prime Minister Shehbaz welcomed her son at the door of their house and garlanded him. Suleman touched his father’s knees in respect and then the father and son embraced each other.
PML-N leader Atta Ullah Tarar was also present on the occasion.
Suleman returned to Pakistan from Saudi Arabia via Saudi Airlines Flight SV 726 which landed at Islamabad Airport at 1:20am from where he flew to Lahore.
Suleman, who is facing money laundering charges, has got protective bail from the Islamabad High Court.
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 with his family since 2018, 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 Aamer 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 Farooq said that it was compulsory for an accused to appear in person for getting protective bail. Upon which the lawyer said that Suleman would 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.
Reporter Faran Yameen