Pakistan's embattled former prime minister Nawaz Sharif and his daughter Maryam were set to arrive in Lahore to face arrest in a corruption case, amid high security and a massive crackdown on his party activists. The Pakistan Muslim League — Nawaz leader and his daughter stopped over in Abu Dhabi on their way to Pakistan from London.

They will be arrested on their arrival at Lahore airport from where they will be taken to Islamabad by helicopter so that they can be sent to Adiala jail for imprisonment. In a video message, tweeted by Maryam, the former premier urged his followers to stand with him and "change the fate of the country".