Arriving for a torrid time.

That PML(N) Quaid Main Nawaz Sharif will arrive on October 21 is now increasingly certain, with only an act of God likely to stop him. However, what happens to him when he arrives is by no means certain. After all, when he left he was a convict given unusual bail so that he could seek treatment abroad. Now that he is returning, all that seems to have changed is that he has now recovered his health. His legal team has confidently asserted that he will land and then go to his Jati Umra residence. However, that team has not undertaken any of the activities that would reach that end, likely filing a basil petition in a high court or asn application or two to either the trial court or the jail authorities. It therefore means that Mian Nawaz is depending on the good will of the establishment. This has not availed him in the past always. On one occasion, he was sent back without being let off the plane. That is probably off the table, but what isn't is that he was arrested off the plane just before the last election. Suddenly, there is the prospect of the election taking place without his presence. It will...