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New Sharif In Town.(Periscope; Pakistan)(Pakistan's ex-prime minister Nawaz Sharif )(Brief article)

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Byline: Fasih Ahmed

The Saudis took in Pakistan's ex-prime minister Nawaz Sharif after he was ousted eight years ago. They welcomed him back last month, after a failed attempt to return to Islamabad. Now they are said to be pressing beleaguered President Pervez Musharraf to let Sharif go home, ahead of January's elections. Speaking on condition of anonymity, highly placed Pakistani sources say Saudi King Abdullah urged Musharraf to let Sharif back out of respect for "the wishes of the Pakistani people" and a ruling by Pakistan's Supreme ...

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