Pakistani court rules Sharif can return 44 minutes ago

Pakistani court rules Sharif can return 44 minutes ago



ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistan's Supreme Court ruled on Thursday that exiled former prime minister Nawaz Sharif can return home after seven years in exile, the chief of the Supreme Court said.

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Sharif, who was overthrown by army chief General Pervez Musharraf in a 1999 coup, has vowed to oppose President Musharraf's bid for another term in office.

"They have an inalienable right to come back and stay in the country," Chief Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry told the court, referring to Sharif and his brother, Shahbaz Sharif, who is also a politician and was exiled with his brother in 2000.