Lahore, Pakistan: The flight of former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif Flight Number EY243 of Etihad Airways has landed here at Allama Iqbal International Airport Lahore.
Former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has arrived at Allama Iqbal International Airport Lahore from Heathrow Airport London via Abu Dhabi to present his arrest to NAB authorities along with his daughter Maryum Nawaz also known as Maryum Safdar. Nawaz Sharif along with his daughter Maryum Nawaz Sharif left London for Lahore last night and now his flight has entered sky limit of Pakistan.
Opponents of Nawaz Sharif were campaigning that he would never come back to Pakistan after a NAB court convicted him and announced 10 years imprisonment while his daughter got seven year jail orders. Majority of televisions channels were avoiding to cover rallies of PMLN workers who decided to reach Lahore Airport to greet their leader and his daughter who according to workers have come back bravely to Pakistan for submitting their arrest.
PMLN workers were comparing their leader with former chief of pakistan Army Gen Musharraf who is wanted in several cases and announced as absconder by courts but he is refraining to come to his country to submit his arrest.
Nawaz was sentenced 10-year imprisonment in Avenfield Reference Case on July 6 by NAB court while seven-year imprisonment was announce by the court for Maryam Nawaz. Political observers believe that the decision for tendering arrest by Nawaz Sharif at Lahore Airport to NAB authorities would boost the morale of workers of his party PMLN and his political move give him a leverage in forthcoming general elections 2018 which are scheduled to be held on July 25, 2018.
PML-N is contesting elections with election slogan of Vote ko izzat do—Khidmat Ko Vote Do (Respect to the vote and Vote for services). This slogan represents the philosophy and narrative promoted by Nawaz Sharif that establishment of Pakistan had never respected votes of people and had been busy in regime changes through different Modus operandi since Pakistan came into being. Nawaz Sharif was thrown out of power once through a Constitutional move under replaced Article 58-2/B and second time through imposition of Martial by former Gen Musharraf.
