ISLAMABAD: Former Prime Minister Mian Nawaz Sharif was sent back into exile Monday. According to reports he has been sent to Saudi Arabia in a special airplane.

Earlier, the flight of former prime minister Mian Nawaz Sharif was landed at Islamabad Airport at the scheduled time of 8:42 am Monday morning.

The military and security forces troops were deployed at Islamabad airport.

In Islamabad, Police and PML-N workers were engaged in hide and seek and scuffles at various places.

Media men were restricted to parking lot of the airport as the airplane of former prime minister landed at the airport.

The interior ministry officials and other top officials of the government were present at the airport on the occasion.

Mian Nawaz Sharif traveled in the Club Class from London to Islamabad and before landing at Islamabad he went to the economy class to join the party workers.

Geo News correspondent Azhar Javed who was accompanied with Nawaz Sharif in air journey to Islamabad reported that Muslim League workers surrounded their leader and chanted slogans.

Mian Nawaz Sharif later taken out of the airplane from backdoor. A flying coach was parked near the plane, which was cordoned off by the police commandoes, Azhar Javed reported.

The former prime minister left the plane after 90 minutes and held talks with the government of Pakistan officials and Saudi government representatives. The matter of his returning back into exile to Saudi Arabia was also discussed but Nawaz Sharif opted to be arrested at home instead of going back into exile.

Later he was detained and sent back to Jeddah by a special airplane.
- Geo TV (Sept.10,2007)

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