LAHORE: PML-N President Shehbaz Sharif has instructed his party’s workers to accord a warm welcome to former prime minister Nawaz Sharif and his daughter Maryam Nawaz on their return to Pakistan on Friday.

Addressing his supporters at Nankana Sahib, Shehbaz said that PML-N workers should gather at the airport to receive the father-daughter duo.

Nawaz Sharif made the country an atomic power, he said, adding PML-N’s victory in the coming elections will defeat the verdict against the former premier.

"Our youth and elders should be allowed to go to the airport on July 13," he demanded. 

He urged PTI chairman Imran Khan to visit Punjab and witness the development. "Imran Khan should be given the title of world's biggest liar," he said. 

"We worked day and night to lift Punjab while Imran Khan is the king of liars," he said. 

"God willing, we will lift Pakistan to the level of Turkey and Malaysia in term of progress," he said.

He warned that if Ilzam Khan was given the prime minister-ship, he would ruin Pakistan like he did to Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. 

"Do you support electing a liar to the post of Prime Minister of Pakistan" he questioned. 

Nawaz Sharif on Friday was sentenced to 11 years in prison and slapped a £8 million fine (Rs1.3 billion) in the Avenfield properties reference while Maryam was sentenced to eight years with a £2 million fine (Rs335 million).

According to sources, NAB  is likely to arrest Nawaz Sharif and his daughter at Lahore airport and shift them to Adiala Jail by helicopter.