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    Ousted Premier Returns To Face Corruption Sentence — And A Pakistan Riven By Violence

    Nawaz Sharif and his daughter were arrested upon arrival. With less than two weeks till elections, Pakistan is reeling from political violence, including an attack Friday that killed scores of people.
    by Colin Dwyer Jul 13, 2018 3 minutes
    Supporters of ousted Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif march toward Lahore's airport ahead of his arrival from London on Friday.

    Updated at 2:19 p.m. ET

    Just a week after receiving prison sentences while abroad, former Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and his daughter Maryam have returned to fight the corruption verdict in person. And police were in Lahore to greet them — with handcuffs ready. Law enforcement arrested father and daughter on the tarmac shortly after their arrival from London.

    The Sharifs returned to a country in deep turmoil with less than two weeks to go before nationwide elections on July 25.

    Far from Lahore, a deadly

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