LAHORE: Most of the players of triumphant Pakistan cricket team have departed from London to return home where the entire nation is impatiently waiting to accord them warmest welcome.
People of all ages including cricket fans, women and children will be gathering outside Lahore airport where the flight carrying the cricket heroes is scheduled to land at 3:00 AM.
The team captain Younus Khan, star performer Shahid Afridi and Umar Gul are not among the players returning home in the wee hours tonight.
The nation is preparing to pay tributes to the cricket heroes who made the entire nation proud.
This is the second occasion when the Pakistan cricket team is returning home after becoming world champions.
The memories of Pakistan team returning home still lingers in peoples mind and heart when the players led by captain Imran Khan returned home after wining 1992 World Cup.