Setting foot on home soil after spending seven years in exile, an emotional former Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Monday said he was uncertain about his fate.

Wiping away tears as soon as the aircraft touched down at the airport, Sharif moved out of the business class and sat among his supporters in the economy class.

He said it was an 'emotional moment' for him.  

"I have a great feeling that I will be able to set foot on Pakistani soil," he told media persons before he was allowed to disembark from the PIA aircraft that brought him to Islamabad from London [Images].

Condemning the arrest of the leaders of his party and allied outfits, he said "Going by what is happening, it seems that the government has not learnt from its mistakes. It is repeating the same mistakes that the previous dictator had done."

Talking about his brother Shahbaz, whom he asked to remain in London at the last minute, the PML-N leader said, "I do not know what treatment will be meted out to me. At least Shahbaz will be there to look into the matter."