Brother of Ex-Premier Quickly Deported
From Times Wire Reports
Pakistan deported the brother of deposed Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif little more than an hour after he landed in the country following more than three years’ exile, putting him on a plane to Saudi Arabia.
Shahbaz Sharif flew into the city of Lahore from Abu Dhabi in a challenge to President Pervez Musharraf, who overthrew Nawaz Sharif in a bloodless 1999 coup.
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