Sharif's son Hassan Nawaz said his father and uncle Shahbaz Sharif will return home together. Nawaz said that his father was now in the holy city of Madina and will travel to Jeddah after Eid-ul-Fitr.

After staying in Jeddah for a few days, Sharif will travel to London, Hassan said. After staying in London for two to three weeks, Sharif and his brother will return to Pakistan between November 15 and 30, Hassan told a TV channel in London. Sources in Sharif's Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz) were quoted as saying that the Saudi government has allowed Sharif to leave that country after Eid.

Sharif, 57, had returned to Pakistan on September 10 after Pakistan's Supreme Court ruled that the he had an 'inalienable right' to come back to the country.

Sharif has been living in exile in since he was ousted by President Pervez Musharraf in a bloodless coup in 1999, and the military ruler claimed that Sharif had signed a deal to stay in Saudi Arabia for a decade.