Pakistan "re-deports" Nawaz Sharif when he arrives @ Islamabad

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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/6986584.stm

Pakistan deports ex-PM on return

Former Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has been deported within hours of returning from exile.

After arriving at Islamabad airport he was charged with money laundering and put on a plane to Saudi Arabia.

Mr Sharif says he wants to challenge President Pervez Musharraf, who ousted him in a 1999 coup, in presidential elections due at the end of the year.

Mr Sharif had travelled to Pakistan weeks after the country's Supreme Court affirmed his right to return.

On board the plane which flew him to Islamabad from London, Mr Sharif told the BBC he wanted to help restore the rule of law.

"It's democracy versus dictatorship," he said.

(Seems to me that any Pakistanis who understand democracy have already migrated to UK, Australia, Canada and UK--and even some of the ones who've done so haven't a clue about it. Also, which "law" was Sharif wanting to restore the rule of?)

Pakistani troops surrounded the plane after it landed.

There was a stand-off on board as Mr Sharif refused to hand over his passport to immigration officials for nearly two hours.

Eventually he agreed to leave the plane and was escorted to the airport's VIP lounge.

But shortly afterwards he was separated from his entourage, charged with money laundering and corruption, and flown to Jeddah in Saudi Arabia.

In Washington, the White House described Mr Sharif's deportation as an internal matter but added that the forthcoming election should be free and fair.

Saudi officials have indicated he will be allowed to stay in the kingdom.

Shots fired

Large numbers of police had set up barricades on roads to prevent Mr Sharif's supporters from reaching the airport.

There were reports of clashes between police and crowds of Mr Sharif's supporters in Islamabad, Rawalpindi, and Attok, where shots were fired and several people were said to have been injured.

One worker from Mr Sharif's Muslim League party (PML-N) told the BBC he and about 20 others had been badly beaten by police outside the airport.

On Sunday, the party said more than 2,000 supporters had been arrested by the Pakistan authorities, while almost its entire leadership had been detained.

Supporters planned to launch a legal challenge to the deportation, which was "a violation of the court order under which Nawaz Sharif was allowed to arrive and stay in Pakistan," his aide, Sadique ul-Farooq, told the Associated Press.

The religious affairs minister said the government believed it was acting in accordance with the Supreme Court ruling.

Mr Sharif was exiled to Saudi Arabia in 2000 after being deposed, under what the government says was an agreement that he stay in exile for 10 years.

The former prime minister has denied there was ever such a deal.

Another former Pakistani Prime Minister, Benazir Bhutto, has said Mr Sharif's deportation does not affect her own plans to return soon to Pakistan.

Political crisis

The European Union Commission said Mr Sharif should be allowed to defend himself against court charges in Pakistan.

"In our view the Supreme Court's ruling is very clear and should be respected," said a spokeswoman.

Mr Sharif had planned to lead a motorcade to Lahore, his political power base, but he was aware he might not be allowed the opportunity.

He decided at the last moment to leave his brother Shahbaz behind in the UK "to hold the fort" in case he were jailed or deported.

For the army, a decision to arrest Mr Sharif is as much a political as a legal decision, says the BBC's M Ilyas Khan.

The military does not want to make Mr Sharif into a political martyr but it also does not want to see him campaigning for power, he says.

(seems to hit it on the nail--and also explains some, but not all, of the actions of the other military chopf#cks Ayub, Yahya and Zia; like them, Musharraf doesn't want to let go of power--of course, by copying some of their shenanigans, he's proven he hasn't learned from their errors)

Gen Musharraf has been struggling to contain protests that have grown since he tried to remove Supreme Court Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry.

The president plans to seek a new five-year term in office in the forthcoming election.

[almaty 19]

Pakistan still a dictatorship with no outside views alllowed

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Nawaz and Benazir were both much more corrupt than Musharraf has ever been. He's doing the right thing by keeping these elitist parasites out of the country.

The only better outcome than this would have been Nawaz's execution in public.

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Nawaz and Benazir were both much more corrupt than Musharraf has ever been.

Are you sure? It is considered an "open-secret" amongst Pakistanis that Musharraf is as corrupt as Zia (who was corrupter than Yahya Khan, and easily as corrupt as either of the ruling Bhuttos--father and daughter--or Nawaz).

He's doing the right thing by keeping these elitist parasites out of the country.

The only better outcome than this would have been Nawaz's execution in public.

Bears mention that the military has formed a ruling elite officially for 32 of the 60 years of independence (and "power-behind-throne" for another 24, including reigns of both Bhuttos and Nawaz). Ergo, Musharraf is also an elitist parasite.

[almaty 19]

Nawaz and Benazir were both much more corrupt than Musharraf has ever been. He's doing the right thing by keeping these elitist parasites out of the country.

The only better outcome than this would have been Nawaz's execution in public.

whoa..you are pretty harsh brother arijit..is this due to their views on India or are they, total self centered elitist chopf##ks?

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I hate all the old political families in the subcontinent. The region would be so much better off without them.

Sonia Gandhi and her two ####### kids, Benazir, Nawaz and their entire families and the two old b1tches of Bangladesh.

Musharraf is also an elitist parasite.

Musharraf is a nobody. He has no lineage to speak of.

Which is exactly what they need.

Edited September 11, 2007 by VJ Troll

[almaty 19]

I hate all the old political families in the subcontinent. The region would be so much better off without them. They all need to be lined up and shot.

Sonia Gandhi and her two ####### kids, Benazir, Nawaz and their entire families and the two old b1tches of Bangladesh.

Musharraf is also an elitist parasite.

Musharraf is a nobody. He has no lineage to speak of.

Which is exactly what they need.

..................man, killing the Gandhi off?...the ladies of bangladesh...etc..it be choas..as the people are use to being ruled by uppity chopf##ks

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Without chaos, there is no creation.

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I hate all the old political families in the subcontinent. The region would be so much better off without them. They all need to be lined up and shot.

Sonia Gandhi and her two ####### kids, Benazir, Nawaz and their entire families and the two old b1tches of Bangladesh.

Certainly, they've have ever done any good:

• Gandhi "dynasty" has been like a lead-weight on Congress Party--1991 to 1995, the party proved that it COULD function without the "dynasty" (admittedly, Narasimha Rao was also a corrupt, adulterous chopf**k, but...). IMO, Madhavrao Scindia (unfortunately, he WAS of an old pol-family, but...) would have probably been an excellent leader.
• Nawaz was only in any positions of power due to his hitching to Zia's "bandwagon"--otherwise, he would have been a nobody, something he conveniently forgot after becoming PM the first time
• as fpr Benazir, Khaleda and Hasina--no further comments

Musharraf is also an elitist parasite.

Musharraf is a nobody. He has no lineage to speak of.

Which is exactly what they need.

Actually, no one born prior to 1966 is suitable to rule Pakistan. Edited September 11, 2007 by CherryXS

[almaty 19]

Without chaos, there is no creation.

is that from the Jurassic park movie ?

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Without chaos, there is no creation.

is that from the Jurassic park movie ?

just an old hindu belief i happen to share...

[almaty 19]

Without chaos, there is no creation.

is that from the Jurassic park movie ?

just an old hindu belief i happen to share...

..thanks i use it in my therapy practice..i like it