LONDON – The Bahawalpur Oil Tanker unfortunate incident has forced the Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif to cut short his London visit and return back to Pakistan.

Prime Minister Muhammad Nawaz Sharif is returning to the country from London following a massive oil tanker inferno that killed at least 140 people in Punjab’s Bahawalpur on Sunday.

PM Nawaz, who reached London on Saturday from Saudi Arabia, offered Eid prayers with his sons – Hussain Nawaz and Hassan Nawaz – in the Britain’s capital city.

Punjab Governor Rafiq Rajwana was also accompanying the prime minister.

Earlier, it was expected that the PM would stay there for a few days for a medical checkup. But following the terrible tragedy, he has shortened his stay and will return to Pakistan today.

The Pakistani prime minister and his family had been staying in Saudi Arabia for last ten days of Ramazan where they performed Umrah.