The Pakistan government has written to the British authorities, seeking return of ailing former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif after his medical treatment in the UK, according to a media report.

Sharif, 69, left for London on November 19 in an air ambulance for medical treatment after the Lahore High Court allowed him to travel abroad for four weeks.

A two-member Bench headed by Justice Ali Baqir Najafi ordered the federal government to remove the former premier and Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz supreme leader’s name from the Exit Control List without placing any conditions.

The Bench, which was hearing the plea filed by PML-N seeking unconditional removal of Sharif’s name from ECL, also maintained that the duration of his visit could be extended if his health required.