PM Imran to return home today

PTI activists and supporters to organise ‘hero’s welcome’ at Islamabad airport

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan departed for his journey back to Pakistan on a commercial flight from the New York’s JFK Airport on Saturday.

He was seen off at the airport by Pakistan's permanent representative to the UN Maleeha Lodhi.

The prime minister, accompanied by Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi and the foreign secretary, will first reach Saudi Arabia and then leave for Pakistan.

Earlier, the aircraft carrying the prime minister and his delegation back to Pakistan was rerouted to New York due to technical issues, reported Radio Pakistan.

The airplane experienced some minor technical faults when it was near Toronto.



Senior Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf leader Saifullah Niazi said party leader and activists would gather at the New Islamabad Airport to greet the prime minister on his return from his successful US visit.

“PTI activists and supporters will reach the airport in the form of caravans from across the country,” he added. PTI leader Aleem Khan said a grand reception would be organised at the airport.

“Prime Minister Imran Khan has made history through his powerful speech at the UN General Assembly. All Pakistanis should head for the Islamabad airport to greet him.”

Party leader Jahangir Khan Tareen tweeted that the PM fought Kashmir's case like a true hero.

“His unequivocal speech at the UNGA helped transform Pakistan's image globally. Let's celebrate this win by giving him a hero's welcome tomorrow. 5 pm, at the New Islamabad Airport. Don't forget to be there,” he wrote.