PM Nawaz to arrive in Islamabad today

ISLAMABAD: After postponing his trip to the capital on Monday due to an infection in his leg incision, Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif will arrive in Islamabad today (Thursday).

The premier has summoned an important meeting of the National Security Council on Friday.  “The prime minister will chair a meeting of National Security Council and matters of national security will be discussed,” the PM Secretariat told The Express Tribune.



The meeting will be attended by Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee (CJCSC), three services chiefs, PM’s Adviser on national security, PM’s special assistant on national security, foreign secretary and other senior officials of defence and foreign ministries.

Earlier on Monday, a PM House statement said the premier is suffering from fever due to an infection and is currently undergoing treatment in Lahore. Nawaz was scheduled to chair crucial meetings on key national political matters in the federal capital.

Since landing back home on July 9, the PM has set up a camp office in Lahore from where he is running government affairs.



The PM had left for London in the last week of May for a routine medical check-up before the physicians recommended an immediate open heart surgery. Following the surgical procedure, the PM stayed in London recuperating from the surgery and landed back home in Lahore on July 9 where he set up a camp office to run the affairs of the government.

Premier Sharif’s arrival today coincides with general elections in the AJK on 41 direct seats.