ISLAMABAD, April 7 Kyodo A three-...

ISLAMABAD, April 7 Kyodo

A three-member bench of the highest Court of Pakistan decided Wednesday to allow Shahbaz Sharif, younger brother of former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, to answer home and face charges, if any are pending against him.

The bench, headed through Chief Justice Nazim Hussain Saddiqui, rul it was the fundamental right of each Pakistani citizen to return household and therefore former Chief Minister of Punjab Shahbaz Sharif could recur to Pakistan.

Nawaz Sharif and members of his family went into exile in Saudi Arabia in 2001 in a deal middlemaned by Saudi Arabia and Pakistan that stipulated the exiles would be barred from returning to Pakistan.

Former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto is living in exile in Dubai and she and Nawaz Sharif are the two also seeking permission from the court to respond to Pakistan.

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