Police arrested Murtaza Bhutto, the brother of Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto, moments after his plane landed before dawn Thursday, ending his 16 years in exile.
Ms. Bhutto, 40, and her 39-year-old brother are bitter political rivals. Their feud has split Pakistan's most prominent family.Murtaza Bhutto is accused of plotting a 1981 plane hijacking to Afghanistan in an attempt to undermine the military regime that overthrew and executed their father, Prime Minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto.
Police placed Murtaza Bhutto in a police vehicle on the tarmac moments after he arrived in this southern port at 2 a.m. on an Ethiopian Airlines flight. His mother, Nusrat Bhutto, greeted him briefly before he was whisked away.
"Finally my son has arrived, I am happy," said Nusrat Bhutto, who was sharply critical of the way her daughter's government handled the affair.
Murtaza Bhutto's arrest ended a day and night of drama at the airport, but he and his sister are sure to continue their political battle. The two don't have any real ideological differences, but both see themselves as the political successor to their father.
On Wednesday, some 5,000 supporters loyal to Benazir Bhutto smashed windows as they tried to force their way inside the terminal.
Nusrat Bhutto said her daughter's government was "worse than the martial-law period," a reference to the military dictatorship that ousted the elder Bhutto from the prime minister's post in 1977. He was hanged in 1979.