KARACHI: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif is due to arrive in Karachi on Tuesday, a day before he is scheduled to preside over a federal cabinet meeting on the city’s deteriorating law and order situation.

“The prime minister will land here in the afternoon,” said an official. “Later, he is likely to attend a Pakistan Navy function before a few meetings with some political leaders and senior officials in the evening. The federal cabinet is scheduled to meet on Wednesday.”