Former Pakistani PM Sharif arrives home from exile

[maddezmom]

Source: Reuters

LAHORE, Pakistan (Reuters) - Former Pakistani prime minister Nawaz Sharif arrived in the Pakistani city of Lahore on Sunday after seven years of exile, Dawn Television said.

Ousted by army chief General Pervez Musharraf in a bloodless military coup in 1999 and exiled to Saudi Arabia a year later, Sharif tried to return home in September, but was sent back to Saudi Arabia within hours.



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Commonwealth summit wraps up, without Pakistan
by Simon Sturdee
20 minutes ago



KAMPALA (AFP) - Commonwealth leaders called on Pakistan on Sunday to remain engaged with the group as they wrapped up a summit here that saw the suspension of President Pervez Musharraf's country.

Leaders from the 53-nation federation "called on the government of Pakistan to respond positively to the Commonwealth's desire to remain engaged and support the return of democratic government and the rule of law."

They endorsed Thursday's decision by Commonwealth foreign ministers to suspend Pakistan after Musharraf failed within a 10-day deadline to end emergency law despite progress in other areas, a final communique said.

Leaders from the Commonwealth, a body representing nearly a third of the world's population, also called for global trade talks to be concluded swiftly and endorsed a statement made Saturday to be sent to next month's climate change conference in Bali, the communique said.

more:http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20071125/wl_africa_afp/commonwealthsummit_071125134022

[acmavm]

1. Jeeze, looks like Mushie better dust off his resume.

I really don't see how he can hold on much longer.

[Joanne98]

2. This is beginning to smell like a US coup!