BBC Online
Former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has returned home to Pakistan after eight years in exile.
Sharif, who was toppled by Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf in 1999, arrived in Lahore from Saudi Arabia.
Supporters had been celebrating his anticipated return, although reports say hundreds have been arrested by Pakistani security forces.
It comes amid a political crisis in Pakistan, which has been placed under emergency rule weeks before elections.
Speaking to the BBC from a mobile telephone just after his plane landed, Sharif explained why he had returned. [Read more]