Pakistani PM returns home after successful open heart surgery

Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, who had an open heart surgery at a London hospital in May, returned home on Saturday, officials said.

TV footage showed the Prime Minister was alighted from the special plane and walked without any support. He was operated upon on May 31.

The plane of the Pakistan International Airlines brought the Prime Minister to the eastern city of Lahore where some of family members and governor of Punjab province received him.

Nawaz Sharif had stopped activists of his ruling Pakistan Muslim League (PML-N) from welcoming him at the airport.

The Prime Minister decided to return home after his doctors allowed him to travel back home due to substantial improvement in his health condition.

Official sources say the Prime Minister has convened a meeting of senior aides to be held in a couple of days to review the overall situation. He is likely to speak to a group of senior journalists in few hours, they said.

Nawaz Sharuf had presided over a meeting of the cabinet through video conferencing before his May 31st surgery.

World leaders, including China, had sent messages of sympathies, to the Prime Minister and wished his early recovery.

Earlier talking to the media persons in London before his departure, the Prime Minister thanked the entire nation for praying for his good health.

He also prayed to God Almighty for the security of the country and well-being of the nation. Endit