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Nawaz Sharif warmly welcomed in Lahore

October 03, 2017

LAHORE, Oct 3 (INP): The deposed prime minister Nawaz Sharif was warmly welcomed by the supporters on Tuesday as his arrival in Lahore after elected as party head in party’s general council meeting. As the former PM arrived his residence the workers, who were gathered in larger numbers, welcomed him by showering rose petals and chanting slogans in his favour. Nawaz Sharif went straight to his father grave and offered Fateha, later he moved to his mother and met her. The stringent security arrangements were made on his arrival. The former PM will also address the PML-N youth wing rally and likely to announce his future course of action. Earlier, he was elected unopposed as president Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N). The meeting of PML-N general council was scheduled for today. The council meeting was convened to elect new party head. On Tuesday morning, the former Prime Minister submitted his nomination papers with the party election commissioner. As 10:00 am Tuesday was set as the deadline to submit nomination paper for the election of party head, no one except Nawaz Sharif submitted nomination papers within the given time. Thus Nawaz was elected as President of PML-N unopposed. INP/AJ