Morning Edition, June 7, 2007 · Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf ousted Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif in a coup in 1999. Now, Musharraf faces increasing pressure to step down after sacking the country's top judge. And Sharif says he'd like to return, as does another former prime minister, Benazir Bhutto.
Sharif says that if he returns to Pakistan he is willing to go to jail if it will take the struggle forward, faster.
"Well I have every intention to go back to Pakistan before the elections," Sharif tells Steve Inskeep. "And when will [the elections be] held, I don't know."
I'm just trying to figure out how that works if President Musharraf says he's not going to let you back in.
I think the people of Pakistan will let me back in. He can't stop me. There's no law which prevents me from coming back to my country. I am holding a Pakistani passport. How can Musharraf block my entry into Pakistan? Only he knows. Nobody else knows.
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