Sharif Returns To Pakistan

It seems that the stability of Pakistan is being tested weekly, and with the arrival of the former Prime Minsiter today, it is going to be another Interesting week for President Musharraf, and Pakistan.

The Exiled former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif returned home to a hero's welcome Sunday and called on President Gen. Pervez Musharraf to end emergency rule before elections, a fresh challenge to the U.S.-backed leader.

"These (emergency) conditions are not conducive to free and fair elections," Sharif told reporters at the airport after arriving from Saudi Arabia. "I think the constitution of Pakistan should be restored, and there should be rule of law."

Here is a little background of Mian Muhammad Nawaz Sharif. He was born December 25th, 1949 in Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan is a Pakistani politician and comes from a well established Kashmiri business family. His wife Kulsoom is the grand-niece of world famous Kashmiri wrestler the Great Gama.He was twice elected as Prime Minister of Pakistan, serving two non-consecutive terms, the first from November 1st, 1990 to July 18th, 1993, and the second from February 17th, 1997, to October 12th, 1999. His party is the Pakistan Muslim League N, (Nawaz group). He is best known internationally for ordering Pakistan's 1998 nuclear tests in response to India's , and the abrupt end of his final term in a dramatic coup by General Pervez Musharraf.

Whether it is right or wrong is not really the question, as it should be "whether it is going to help or hurt," Pakistan, by creating one more area of tension and instability, in a country that already has more fractures, and security problems than it can handle.


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