BBC: Former Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has been deported within hours of returning from exile.
After arriving at Islamabad airport he was arrested on charges of money laundering and put on a plane which later landed in Saudi Arabia.
Mr Sharif says he wants to challenge President Pervez Musharraf, who ousted him in a 1999 coup, ahead of elections.
Mr Sharif arrived in Pakistan weeks after the country's Supreme Court affirmed his right to return.
On board the plane which flew him to Pakistan from London, Mr Sharif told the BBC he wanted to help restore the rule of law.
"It's democracy versus dictatorship," he said. Pakistan deports ex-PM on return (more)
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Nawaz Sharif Deported from Pakistan
Mark Alexander
