LAHORE – Special plane carrying Nawaz Sharif, Maryam Nawaz takes off fromLahore Airport for New Islamabad Airport.

The duo is likely to be shifted to Adiala Jail and Sihala Rest House viahelicopters.

Earlier National Accountability Bureau (NAB) on Friday arrested formerprime minister and Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) supremo NawazSharif and his daughter Maryam Nawaz minutes after they landed at Lahore’sAllama Iqbal International Airport.

The father-daughter duo had returned to Pakistan from London for the firsttime after being convicted in the Avenfield property case.

The sentences, delivered in absentia, against Nawaz Sharif and his daughterwho is widely seen as his political heir, have dealt a blow to theirPakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) party.

Nawaz and Maryam were served with a legal warrant as soon as they enterPakistan s airspace.

Nawaz was sentenced to 11 years in prison by a corruption court over hisfamily’s purchase of luxury apartments in London.