The New Bedfellows
Babar Mufti August 4, 2007
#143 Posted by stuka on August 9, 2007 8:58:58 am
can anyone confirm this Times of India news?
Setback to Musharraf as SC clears Sharif's return
Topic started by stuka on Aug 9, 2007 8:42:47 am
Pakistan’s Supreme Court ruled that exiled former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif can return to the country (AFP Photo)
ISLAMABAD: A two-judge Bench headed by re-instated Pakistan Supreme Court Chief Justice Iftikhar M Chaudhry on Thursday ruled that the former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and his brother can return home from their "forced exile".
The petitions of Sharif and his brother Shabaz was filed on August 2 and was listed for hearing by Chaudhry and senior judge M Javed Buttar.
The Supreme Court ruled, "It is a settled proposition of law that the right to enter in the country cannot be denied but a citizen can be restrained from going out of the country. The petitioner (Sharif) is a citizen of Pakistan and has a Constitutional right to enter and remain in the country."
It was similiar to the grounds of the 2004 court order, which the Sharifs had attached to their petitions.
The brothers had also accused the government of "brazenly violating" the orders in preventing them from returning.
Nawaz Sharif along with 20 family members were exiled to Jeddah in 2000, which the Musharraf government says was part of a deal it reached with Sharif and the Saudi royal family.
Sharif, who later moved to London, denies making a deal and claims that he was forcefully deported.
Setback to Musharraf as SC clears Sharif's return
Topic started by stuka on Aug 9, 2007 8:42:47 am
Pakistan’s Supreme Court ruled that exiled former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif can return to the country (AFP Photo)
ISLAMABAD: A two-judge Bench headed by re-instated Pakistan Supreme Court Chief Justice Iftikhar M Chaudhry on Thursday ruled that the former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and his brother can return home from their "forced exile".
The petitions of Sharif and his brother Shabaz was filed on August 2 and was listed for hearing by Chaudhry and senior judge M Javed Buttar.
The Supreme Court ruled, "It is a settled proposition of law that the right to enter in the country cannot be denied but a citizen can be restrained from going out of the country. The petitioner (Sharif) is a citizen of Pakistan and has a Constitutional right to enter and remain in the country."
It was similiar to the grounds of the 2004 court order, which the Sharifs had attached to their petitions.
The brothers had also accused the government of "brazenly violating" the orders in preventing them from returning.
Nawaz Sharif along with 20 family members were exiled to Jeddah in 2000, which the Musharraf government says was part of a deal it reached with Sharif and the Saudi royal family.
Sharif, who later moved to London, denies making a deal and claims that he was forcefully deported.
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#146 Posted by masadi on August 9, 2007 11:15:04 am
According to captain clueless, "fK", the Army has nothing to do with Pakistani political institutions being weakened, fighting US wars, as it works politically with the Pak Army, against the public, has nothing to do with it. According to Einstein here, it's all a power fight between a president and prime minister, and the Army would gladly support a strong president (but never do it he's out of uniform) and that is because of the time Jinnah spent in office! Go figure MashaAllah..., what the hell is this fool teaching our youth?
#147 Posted by masadi on August 9, 2007 11:26:19 am
in #146 read "(but never do it he's out of uniform)"
as "(but never does it when he's out of uniform)
as "(but never does it when he's out of uniform)
#148 Posted by zeemax on August 11, 2007 6:12:17 am
What happened to my pending posts on this thread?
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