Former prime minister of Pakistan Nawaz Sharif on Tuesday filed
a petition in the Supreme Court against the government's move to
deport him on Monday.
The petition said that Sharif was forcibly deported to Saudi
Arabia against his will and that was in clear violation of the
court's earlier verdict.
A total of 14 people including President, Prime Minister,
Interior Minister, chief of Federal Investigation and Punjab
provincial police chief were made respondents.
The petition prayed to the court to initiate contempt
proceedings against the respondents and other persons who were
found to be involved in the execution of the contemptuous
order.
The petition requested the court to direct the federation to
secure the return of Sharif, the petitioner, to Pakistan.
It also asked the court to issue an interim order on the
petition. The court has not yet fixed date for the hearing of the
petition.
Sharif boarded a flight in London on Sunday night and arrived at
the Islamabad International Airport on Monday morning. About four
and a half hours later, he was deported to Saudi Arabia.
Sharif, twice elected as prime minister of Pakistan, served two
non-consecutive terms. He was arrested and sentenced to life
imprisonment in 2000 on charges of hijacking and terrorism after
General Pervez Musharraf staged a bloodless coup in the country.
The Pakistani government agreed to commute his sentence from life
in prison to exile in Saudi Arabia for ten years.
(Xinhua News Agency September 12, 2007)
