Pakistan apex court allows Sharif to return

By IANS

Islamabad : The Supreme Court of Pakistan Thursday allowed exiled former prime minister Nawaz Sharif and his brother Shahbaz Sharif to return home and participate in politics, Geo TV reported.


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The court, hearing constitutional petitions from the Sharif brothers, ruled that as Pakistanis they could return to the country and take part in national politics.

In a brief judgment, the court said that under Article 3 of the constitution no citizen of the country could be stopped from returning home.

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