Exiled former Prime Minister of Pakistan and leader of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) Nawaz Sharif would be deported after his return to the country on Monday morning, a local TV channel DAWN NEWS reported.

 

Sharif has been put on an Airbus A310 plane of Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) and is likely to be deported by the government, the report said.

 

Sharif was arrested after returning to the country and was shown an arrest warrant for corruption charges.

 

A high-level delegation of the government tried to negotiate with Sharif after his arrival, offering him two choices: to be deported or jailed.

 

PML-N has filed a petition in the Supreme Court, asking it to order the government not to deport Sharif.

 

The Supreme Court ruled in a verdict that Nawaz Sharif and his family were allowed to come back to Pakistan and take part in political activities on Aug. 23.

 

However, the Attorney General Malik Muhammad Qayyum warned one day later that Sharif would possibly be arrested on arrival. A special court approved the appeal of National Accountability Bureau (NAB) to reopen three corruption cases against Sharif and some of his family members last month.

 

Sharif has repeatedly expressed his willingness to return regardless of the arrest warning.

 

(Xinhua News Agency September 10, 2007)