Nawaz leaves for Geneva

Published March 2, 2006

ISLAMABAD, March 1: Former prime minister Nawaz Sharif on Wednesday left London for Geneva with his wife Kulsoom Nawaz, ailing son Hassan Nawaz and some other members of his family, a party source told Dawn.

The source said that Mr and Mrs Sharif were going to Switzerland for the treatment of their son Hassan Nawaz and they would be back in London after staying there for about one week.

He said Mr Sharif had convened a meeting of the party’s central working committee in London on March 20.

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