Former Pakistan prime minister Nawaz Sharif returns home ahead of vote

Former PM Nawaz Sharif leaves a court in Lahore, Pakistan (KM Chaudary/AP)

Pakistan’s former prime minister Nawaz Sharif has arrived home on a special flight from Dubai, ending four years of self-imposed exile as he seeks to win the support of voters ahead of parliamentary elections due in January.

At Islamabad’s airport on Saturday, legal advisers and senior members of Mr Sharif’s Pakistan Muslim League party gave him a warm welcome.