INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Imran Khan asked his party workers to show patience ahead of Nawaz Sharif's return to the country.Narowal: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI)
chairman Imran Khan took a jibe at rival Nawaz Sharif's party Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N), saying those who have gone to receive
the embattled former prime minister at the Allama Iqbal International Airport in Lahore were "donkeys."Addressing a rally in Narowal on
Thursday, Mr Khan said, "How will Muslim Leaguers go to the airport to receive Nawaz Sharif Will they tell their children that they went to
welcome the thief (Sharif) who had looted billions of rupees from the country"He said that no PML-N party worker with a clear conscience
would go to the airport to receive Sharif
"And whoever will go to receive him will be a donkey (fool)," according to The News International report quoting Mr Khan.Mr Khan added, "The
father and daughter have stolen Pakistan's wealth and they are coming to the country while waving their hands (to the people)
They are thieves and now they are defying the law."Calling PML-N president Shahbaz Sharif as a "conman", the cricketer-turned-politician
said that the PTI has been fighting against corruption in the country in the last 22 years.Mr Khan urged the people to vote for his party in
the general elections on July 25, vowing to build a developed and strong nation.People of the country would reject corruption and looters,
Mr Khan said adding, "I believe in dignity, honour and respect for votes and voters, but the nation has no respect for plunderers."Mr Khan
requested his party workers to show patience ahead of Sharif's arrival from London later in the day.Meanwhile, Nawaz Sharif and daughter
Maryam, who were in London to meet the former's ailing wife, Kulsoom, left for Pakistan today.Sharif and his daughter are expected to land
at Lahore's Allama Iqbal International Airport in the evening from Abu Dhabi on Etihad Airways flight EY243.On July 6, Sharif was sentenced
to 10 years of imprisonment, and a fine of eight million pounds was slapped on him in the Avenfield reference case, while Maryam Nawaz was
sentenced to seven years of jail and fined two million pounds by the Accountability Court.The father-daughter duo are expected to be
arrested on their arrival at Lahore airport from where they will be taken to Islamabad by a helicopter, and then will be sent to Adiala jail
