The NAB has also formed a 16-member team to arrest Sharif
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Nawaz Sharif, Maryam are likely to land at Lahore airport at 8:58 pm (local time) on Etihad Airways flight EY243. I am aware that I have been sentenced to 10 years [in prison] and I will be taken to a jail cell straight away. The whole Panama case was started to fix politics and to keep me out because I wanted a stronger democracy," he told The Nation newspaper before his departure from London. But I want the Pakistani nationals to know that I am doing this for you," he said.Sharif said that "draconian crackdown" on his supporters by the Punjab government shows that the authorities are scared of his appeal and are desperate to stop tens of thousands of people from reaching Lahore airport to welcome him and his daughter. This is a game of blind revenge, which is continuing."The country is at a critical juncture right now," a grim looking Sharif said. There is no case against me, there never was.The Punjab government has suspended mobile and internet services in Lahore. "I have done what I could.The military, which has ruled Pakistan for about half of its 70-year history, has denied it has any "direct role" in the elections or the political process. The NAB has also formed a 16-member team to arrest Sharif and Maryam and shift them to Adiala Jail Rawalpindi after producing them at the accountability nut insert Company court that sentenced the father-daughter duo last week. Pakistan, Punjab, Lahore.Sharif, has been one of the countrys leading politicians for most of the past 30 years. Sharif was disqualified by the Supreme Court last year in the Panama Papers case. They are expected to land at Lahores Allama Iqbal International Airport at 8:58 pm (local time) on Etihad Airways flight EY243. He also criticised the courts decision to sentence his daughter to a seven-year term in jail, saying those who did so "did not even remember in their hate what stature daughters have in Pakistan".Over 300 PML-N workers and leaders have been detained in Pakistan in a massive crackdown on the party activists in Lahore ahead of the arrival of Sharif. Supporters of Pakistani former prime minister Nawaz Sharif chant slogans for their leader in Lahore, Pakistan on Friday.Sharif, 68, the supremo of the Pakistan Muslim League - Nawaz, and Maryam stopped over in Abu Dhabi on their way to Pakistan from London.Officials said that security was increased around the area of jail.Also Read: Nawaz Sharif, Maryam may be held mid-air; Lahore shuts phone networks"This was neither a case, nor there is a verdict.Speaking to the BBC at Abu Dhabi airport as he waited to change planes, Sharif said: "What credibility will these elections have when the government is taking such drastic action against our people and this crackdown is taking place all over the country?"Ahead of his arrival in Lahore, security was tightened and all roads leading to Punjabs capital city have been blocked using shipping containers to prevent PML-N supporters to reach there. |
