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...government did to stop Sharif was absolutely disastrous for this country," says shopkeeper Oranzab Shahid. "As a citizen of Pakistan it was his right to come back." Sharif's brother, Shahbaz, has sworn to lead the battle against Musharraf from the PMLN London office, and Sharif's wife Kulsoom Nawaz, a potent politician in her own right, has said she will return to Pakistan in coming days. "Musharraf should be worried," says Shahbaz. "He has fired the pistol shot for an open revolt...
Like a Shakespearean tragedy, the final chapter of General Pervez Musharraf's reign began with an echo of the original sin of its first pages: the October 1999 coup by which he overthrew Nawaz Sharif, the democratically elected Prime Minister. Sharif's highly publicized return from exile on Sept. 10 lasted just four hours; Musharraf had him deported again. But if the general's first expulsion of Sharif--then an unloved head of an inept and corrupt government--brought Musharraf to power amid widespread acclaim, the second may well hasten the President's downfall...
...country devastating economic sanctions that were not lifted until 2001. He dismissed a Supreme Court chief justice--shades of Musharraf--and a President, and he promoted Islamic law. A senior Bush Administration official says Bhutto's party "has historically been more popular and closer to the moderate center than Nawaz's party...
After Pakistan's Supreme Court sanctioned his return, former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif flew back to his country on board a Pakistan International Airways plane only to be unceremoniously deported. TIME spoke to his brother and key political collaborator Shahbaz, who is based in London. Excerpts...
What's next? [President Pervez Musharraf] has fired the pistol shot for an open revolt. This will not be just a run up in the streets, but will have implications for times to come. If he thinks that he can unconstitutionally and unlawfully abduct Nawaz Sharif and send him back to Jeddah [in Saudi Arabia], well, there are very serious ramifications which we will watch unfold in the coming days and weeks. It cannot happen that he can sidestep a political contest for presidential elections by cutting a deal with Benazir Bhutto, and sideline Nawaz Sharif and other parties...