KARACHI: Former president and Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari landed at Karachi Airport after an 18-month long self-imposed exile in Dubai.
The former president’s reached Karachi in a private airline’s flight from Dubai.
Zardari is being accompanied by PPP Chairman and his son Bilawal Bhutto Zardari.
Earlier, Bilawal tweeted: “Ak Zardari Sb pa Bhari”. He also tweeted a picture of his father as he departed for the airport from his Dubai residence.
Zardari will address PPP workers and supporters who have converged at Old Terminal to welcome him. A special bomb-proof truck has been brought to the Old Terminal which the former president would use to deliver his address upon arrival.
DIG Traffic Asif Aijaz Sheikh said no roads would be closed for the rally, adding that Shahrah-e-Faisal would also remain open.
Traffic would be halted only during the VIP movement, he said. The road leading from Terminal 1 to Star Gate would be closed for traffic in light of the PPP rally; only people attending the rally and journalists would be allowed to go to the area designated for the rally, he added.
