Pakistan's Sharif to End Exile, Oppose Musharraf (Update3)
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"Nawaz Sharif, Pakistan's former prime minister, will return to the country on Sept. 10, ending almost seven years in exile in an attempt to block President Pervez Musharraf's re-election.
``On the 10th of September we will be landing at Islamabad and from there onwards we will go to Lahore,'' Sharif told a news conference in London today. Sharif said he was answering ``the call of duty'' and wanted to see a Pakistan that respected the rule of law and was free from ``military dictatorship.''
Pakistan's Supreme Court in an Aug. 23 ruling rejected the government's argument that Sharif couldn't return until December 2010 under the terms of an exile agreement."
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