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MNA International Desk: In a high-stakes gamble to galvanise their beleaguered party ahead of a July 25 election, ousted Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and his daughter Maryam returned to country, and were consequently arrested on Friday to face lengthy prison sentences.
Uniformed men escorted the Sharifs, who were sentenced in absentia on corruption charges last week, from their airplane after it touched down in the central city of Lahore at around 8:45pm (1645 GMT), reported news agency.
A spokesman for Sharif’s Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) party confirmed they were arrested soon afterwards. Local Geo TV said Sharif and his daughter were taken to another waiting aircraft to be flown out of Lahore, where more than 10,000 Sharif supporters were gathered to greet him.
