Nawaz Sharif

Former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif arrives in Pakistan ADDS shots

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1. Wide of crowd of supporters of former Pakistani Prime Minister and leader of opposition Pakistan Muslim League(N) (PML-N) party, Nawaz Sharif at airport 2. Sharif surrounded by crowd of supporters 3. Various of Sharif waving at crowd 4. Sharif being carried through crowd on supporters' shoulders 5. Various of Sharif and his brother, Shahbaz Sharif, president of PML(N) party, standing on top of vehicle waving at crowd 6. Supporters looking on STORYLINE: Exiled former Pakistani prime minister Nawaz Sharif returned home from exile to a chaotic and jubilant welcome on Sunday, the latest political heavyweight to join Pakistan's deepening power struggle. Hundreds of frenzied supporters pushed past police barricades into the airport in the eastern city of Lahore, carrying Sharif and his brother on their shoulders and cheering wildly as the returning leader stood before them on a raised platform. Sharif flew to Lahore from Saudi Arabia where he has spent most of the past eight years since Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf overthrew him in 1999. Sharif has been angling for a return to Pakistan ever since he was ousted from power by Musharraf. In September he boarded a flight from London to Islamabad, but police in the Pakistani capital swiftly sent him back to Saudi Arabia. Sharif and another former Pakistani prime minister Benazir Bhutto, who returned from exile last month, are vying to return to power after January 8 parliamentary elections. But the ballot, which many hope will produce a moderate government able to stand up to Islamic extremism, has been thrown into confusion by Musharraf's November 3 seizure of extraordinary powers. Musharraf has used the emergency to pack the Supreme Court with sympathetic judges who then dismissed legal challenges to him continuing as president. Musharraf is expected to step down as army chief and govern as a civilian within days. You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/youtube/fba6fee8c153f08461af0b7fa4893138 Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork