INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Live Updates: Nawaz Sharif returns to PakistanThe caretaker government of Punjab have increased the number
of the security personnel from 2,500 to 10,000 to maintain law and order and to cope with any untoward situation in the provincial
metropolis today on the arrival of ousted prime minister Nawaz Sharif and Maryam Nawaz from London.The former PM and his daughter Maryam
Nawaz have reached Abu Dhabi on their way to Lahore
They are returning to Pakistan to face an imminent arrest after nearly a month-long stay in London.Nawaz Sharif, who was convicted in
absentia last week of corruption and sentenced to 11 years in jail, commenced his journey to homeland from the London's Heathrow Airport
Maryam, Hussain Nawaz's sons detained in London for scuffling with protesterThe father-daughter duo, who traveled to London just before Eid
ul Fitr to be with ailing Begum Kulsoom Nawaz, are scheduled to arrive in Lahore on Friday at 6:15pm
premier to 11 years in jail and handed 8-year imprisonment to his daughter after their conviction in the Avenfield apartments case.Video:
Nawaz Sharif's mother vows to go behind bars if son is arrested11:00am - Lahore police have increased the number of the security personnel
from 2,500 to 10,000 to maintain law and order and to cope with any untoward situation in the provincial metropolis on Friday
(today).09:45am - Ousted prime minister Nawaz Sharif has released a video message ahead of his arrival in Pakistan, asking people to support
they have not been informed of NAB team in the Gulf state adding that under international laws Nawaz Sharif and Maryam Nawaz can not be
leaders would stay for seven hours before departing for Lahore.08:00am - 10,000 police officers will be deployed across Lahore on Friday to
have launched crackdown on party workers who wanted to go to airport to welcome their leader Nawaz Sharif, saying hundreds of supporters
Airport ahead of former prime minister Nawaz Sharif's arrival .Airports Security Force (ASF) and law enforcing agencies reviewed the
Special contingents of commandos and police officials have been deployed at the airport.02:10am - National Accountability Bureau (NAB)
Nawaz's return to Pakistan to face jail term
One of the two choppers would be stationed at Lahore airport, while the other would be in Islamabad.The NAB had formed a 16-member team to
detain Sharif and Maryam, with the anti-graft body directing additional security personnel to remain on alert on Friday (today).12: 30am -
outside the Avenfield Apartments
The arrest comes shortly former prime minister Nawaz Sharif and his daughter Maryam Nawaz Sharif left for Heathrow Airport to board a
prison.Meanwhile, the interior government and NAB said that Nawaz Sharif and Maryam Nawaz would be arrested at the airport, said the interim
government on Thursday.Earlier, in an emotional note, Maryam Nawaz tweeted that she had told her children to be brave to face the ongoing
circumstances that do not seem to be favourable for Sharif family.The caretaker information minister, Ali Zafar, said that the
father-daughter duo will not be allowed to step out of the airport
Arrests have also been made in Rawalpindi.
