LAHORE, Sept 25: Syed Haider Farooq Maudoodi, the son of Jamaat-i-Islami founder Maulana Abul A’ala Maudoodi, on Tuesday claimed that former prime minister Nawaz Sharif was due to return home ‘soon after’ Eidul Fitr.

Speaking at a news conference, he quoted ‘highly-placed’ sources in the government as saying that the regime had allowed Sharif’s return home on the intervention of the US administration and Saudi Arabian government. “He (Nawaz Sharif) will this time be given a protocol like a former prime minister by the government”, said Farooq who is heading a JI faction in the name of his father. — Correspondent