Pakistan People's Party has booked at least 130 seats on a Gulf-based airlines for the return of their chairperson Benazir Bhutto [Images] from a self-imposed exile in London [Images] on October 17.

Bhutto plans to travel by Emirates Airlines with a two-hour stop-over in Dubai before landing in Karachi on October 18. She is expected to be accompanied by a media delegation, members of the British parliament and party officials, party officials were quoted as saying by The Daily Times.

Bhutto, who is presently in the US, will reach London over the weekend. On October 3, the PPP central executive committee will meet to finalise arrangements for Bhutto's return.