Pakistan's national assembly has passed legislation limiting how long lawmakers can be disqualified from office, paving the way for exiled former prime minister Nawaz Sharif's return to politics.
The spokesman said Senate Chairman Sadiq Sanjrani served as acting president and signed the bill on Monday, in the absence of President Arif Alvi who is abroad on the Hajj pilgrimage. "Nawaz Sharif will be the main campaigner for PML-N in the next election," he added."His return will be very helpful for the party politically, but it's not clear whether he himself will contest the election."Sharif served as Pakistan's prime minister three times — the last before being ousted over graft allegations in 2017.
In 2019 he was granted medical bail and flew to Britain, where he has remained ever since, continuing to steer the family-run Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz party from behind the scenes.