Ex-prime minister deported from Pakistan
Former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif returned to Pakistan from a seven-year exile on Monday, hoping to campaign against the country’s U.S.-allied military ruler, but was immediately charged with corruption and deported to Saudi Arabia hours later. On his arrival from London, black-uniformed commandos surrounded Sharif’s plane; he was taken into custody and charged, then then spirited to another plane and sent to Jiddah, where he was whisked away in a convoy from the airport, sirens blaring, witnesses said. Full Story