Nawaz Sharif is Back Home!
On landing in Lahore after a long and forced exile in Saudi Arabia, Pakistan’s former prime minister Nawaz Sharif proclaimed that his objectives were to “rid the country of military rule and to strengthen democracy”. But how? General Musharraf continues to have the full backing of the US administration…But Sharif may like to cash on the friendship he may have developed with the Saudi King and others while enjoying the Arabian hospitality during his eight-year-long exile in the rich Arabian kingdom.
BBC Pakistan correspondent Barbara Plett says Sharif remains opposed to Gen Musharraf, but that he no longer poses a direct threat because the military leader has recently secured another presidential term by declaring an emergency.
AFP reports that a special plane lent by Saudi King Abdullah touched down at Lahore airport carrying Sharif, family members and some of his closest aides at 6:25 pm (1325 GMT).
One of the first important visits Sharif is scheduled to undertake on reaching Lahore would be to the dargah of Abul Hassan Ali Ibn Usman al-Jullabi al-Hajweri al-Ghaznawi or Abul Hassan Ali Hajweri (sometimes spelled Hujwiri), also known as Data Ganj Bakhsh or Data Sahib, who was a Persian Sufi and scholar during the 11th century. He significantly contributed to the spreading of Islam in South Asia.
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