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Reaction to return, deportation of former PM Nawaz Sharif

(10 Sep 2007) NO SLATE AT START OF STORY 1. Wide of street scene 2. Tilt down of exterior of office of former Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif's party - Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz) - (PML (N)) 3. Close-up of poster outside office with picture of Nawaz Sharif (right) and his brother Shahbaz Sharif 4. Sharif supporters riding on bike, waving party flags 5. SOUNDBITE: (Urdu) Ali Hassan, Vox Pop: "I think to stop Nawaz Sharif would not be good for the government. And if he has been arrested here it would be very bad for the government because he has his roots in the masses." 6. SOUNDBITE: (Urdu) Qasin (only one name given), Vox Pop: "The return of Nawaz Sharif is essential. The government may try to put obstacles in his was but this would be very bad for the government." 7. Various of people watching Sharif's arrival on television news report at Allama Iqbal airport 8. Police with guns blocking and securing road to airport 9. Police officer stopping truck on way to airport 10. Wide of check point on road to airport 11. Pakistan army official at airport 12. Pakistan soldier holding rifle STORYLINE: Security in Lahore was heightened on Monday in preparation for the anticipated arrival of former Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif. Sharif arrived in Islamabad from London on Monday morning are seven years in exile and was expected to travel in a grand motorcade to his home and political base in Lahore to kick-start his campaign against Pakistan's President General Pervez Musharraf. But about four hours after he arrived in Islamabad Sharif was taken into custody and charged with corruption, then quickly spirited to another plane and flown out of Pakistan toward Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, a close aide of Musharraf's said. Before news of Sharif's arrest and deportation had reached Lahore, supporters of the former Pakistan prime minister were already speculating that the Pakistan government would try and prevent Sharif from entering the country. "The government may try to put obstacles in his was but this would be very bad for the government," said one man named Qasin. Another supporter said it would be bad for the government to arrest Sharif as he has so much support in Pakistan. "If he has been arrested here it would be very bad for the government because he has his roots in the masses," said Ali Hassan. Sharif's deportation apparently sidelines a powerful political enemy of Musharraf, but it is likely to deepen the general's growing unpopularity and reinforce public perceptions that he is an authoritarian ruler ahead of presidential and legislative elections. It came despite a landmark Supreme Court ruling last month that the two-time former premier, whose elected government was ousted by Musharraf in a 1999 coup, had the right to return to Pakistan and that authorities should not obstruct him. . Sharif's brother, Shahbaz Sharif, who stayed behind in London, said their party would submit a petition with the court to challenge the deportation. Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter:   / ap_archive   Facebook:   / aparchives   ​​ Instagram:   / apnews   You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...