Lawyers appeal against Sharif deportation
Lawyers for former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif filed a petition in Pakistan’s Supreme Court today challenging his deportation to Saudi Arabia, setting up another confrontation between the judiciary and Pakistan’s military ruler as he battles to hold onto power.
President Gen Pervez Musharraf sent Sharif, the premier he ousted in a 1999 coup, back into exile yesterday after the opposition leader landed on a flight from London.
