Former Pakistani PM Nawaz Sharif returns to face jail term

Former Pakistani PM Nawaz Sharif returns to face jail term

A plane carrying disgraced former Pakistani prime minister Nawaz Sharif and his daughter Maryam Nawaz has landed at Allama Iqbal International Airport in the eastern city of Lahore.

Officials from Pakistan’s anti-corruption body are present at the airport to arrest Sharif and his daughter, who were convicted and sentenced in absentia to 10 and seven years respectively in a corruption case.

Troops of Pakistani para military force arrive in Lahore
Troops of Pakistani paramilitaries arrive in Lahore (AP Photo/K.M. Chaudary)

The pair arrived from London, where they were visiting Sharif’s ailing wife when a Pakistani court convicted them of corruption.

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