Kathmandu. Former Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba, who arrived in Hong Kong for medical treatment, is returning home. Deuba is scheduled to return home on August 12. 

According to sources close to Deuba, he is scheduled to return home at 12:30 pm on Thursday. 

Deuba had left for Singapore on February 27 for treatment. Deuba and his wife Arzoo Rana Deuba had left for Hong Kong from Singapore for further treatment. 

Deuba, who reached Hong Kong via Singapore for medical treatment, is preparing to give him a grand welcome in Nepal as soon as he returns home. Congress leaders have claimed that around 5,000 leaders and cadres will be sent to welcome Deuba.