GUJRAT: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif onSaturdayreachedGujranwala city and visited the residence of fivetime former PML-N MNA and former federal minister Chaudhry Mehmood Basheer Virk who passed away last month.

Shehbaz offered condolences to Rashid Basheer Virk, the scion of thelate MNA and other members of his family.

Federal ministers Azam Nazeer Tarrar and Ataullah Tarrar also accompanied the prime minister.

Earlier, Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz Sharif and Hamza Shahbaz Sharif had also visited the family.

The by-election for NA-77 vacated due to the death of Virk is scheduled to be held on Nov 8.