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ISLAMABAD: Former Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif was deported to Saudi Arabia on Monday, hours after his dramatic return to the country from a seven-year exile with the hope of posing a political challenge to President Pervez Musharraf.
After over five hours of high drama, Sharif, who arrived here from London on Monday morning to end his exile, has been deported to Jeddah once again where he spent six years from 2000, officials said.
On his arrival, a team of Saudi and Pakistan officials held prolonged negotiations with him, asking him to honour an agreement he signed with Saudi government to stay out of Pakistan for 10 years from 2000 following which he and his family were sent to Jeddah.
Sharif, 57, was arrested on corruption charges after being kept at the aircraft for nearly 90 minutes when only passengers were allowed to disembark.
He was soon whisked away to an undisclosed location in a helicopter and it was soon officially confirmed that he had been deported to Jeddah by a special plane.
Sharif, whose government was overthrown in a military coup led by General Pervez Musharraf in 1999, and was sent into exile one year later, had announced his decision to return home last month.
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