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Nawaz Sharif's legal team has arrived at Islamabad airport in advance of his return. The team, consisting of PML-N lawyers including former Law Minister Azam Nazeer Tarar, Ata Tarar, and Barrister Zafarullah, has reached the airport in anticipation of the arrival of the PML-N's supreme leader from Dubai.

 

These lawyers are scheduled to hold a meeting with Sharif at the airport's state lounge, during which they will brief Nawaz Sharif on recent court decisions and the legal aspects of the cases against him. After four years of self-imposed exile, Nawaz Sharif, a three-time former prime minister, is set to return home.

 

Nawaz Sharif left Dubai airport on a chartered flight:

 Accompanied by numerous party leaders and journalists. According to the PML-N's plan, he will first touch down in Islamabad and subsequently travel to Lahore for a scheduled public gathering today.

 

Speaking to the media at Dubai airport, the PML-N leader expressed confidence in his party's ability to lead Pakistan out of the various crises it is currently facing.

 

On Saturday, the health ministry in Islamabad confirmed the fourth case of polio in Pakistan for the year 2023, with this case reported in Karachi, according to sources. The polio virus was identified in a two-year-old child from UC Gujro in Gadap Town of Karachi East, who was affected by the virus on October 3.

 

Health ministry sources:

Stated that the presence of the polio virus was also confirmed in sewage samples from Karachi East this week, with a total of 48 sewage samples testing positive for the virus so far this year.

 

In addition to the Karachi case, three other cases of polio infections were reported in the Bannu district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa this year.

 

This occurrence represents a setback to Pakistan's efforts to eliminate polio, a disease that can cause severe paralysis in children as it affects the nervous system. In 2022, the country reported 20 cases of poliovirus, whereas in 2021, there was only one reported case.

 

It is noteworthy that Pakistan and Afghanistan are the only two countries in the world where polio continues to pose a threat to the health and well-being of children.