NS was knocked out two times in political arena. Once when he signed an agreement to avoid imprisonment and twice when he decided to land in Islamabad on 10th of September 2007.
The way he announced his landing in Islamabad, it seemed that many people had given him assurances in Islamabad including his own party members, APDM, intelligence and military leadership opposing Mush that there would be no problem. This action would undermine any deal by Mush and BB and he would definitely gained politically and become future PM. Here is his first move to astonish many including Mush.
http://www.dawn.com/2007/08/31/top2.htm
Nawaz to land in Islamabad — on Sept 10
LONDON, Aug 30: Announcing that he along with brother Shahbaz Sharif will return to Pakistan on Sept 10, former prime minister Nawaz Sharif advised President General Pervez Musharraf to hand over power to the Senate chairman forthwith and go home.
When asked if he had a plan B to cope with the situation in case he was arrested, Mr Nawaz said the people would then come out on the streets and, under the banner of APDM, would carry on the struggle until the dictator was finally sent home.
When asked how would the army as an institution react to his return, Nawaz said the rank and file of the army also wanted restoration of the rule of law “and since we are on the side of the 160 million Pakistanis all of whom want Musharraf to go, they (the rank and file of the army) would have no reservations about my return home.”
But when he landed on 10th of September, 2007 in Islamabad, he was taken in to custody and deported to SA.
http://www.dawn.com/2007/09/11/top1.htm
Force and guile behind new exile
ISLAMABAD, Sept 10: In a display of power and wiles, the government on Monday managed to send former prime minister Nawaz Sharif back to exile in Saudi Arabia with an unexpected ease, hours after he arrived in Islamabad from London, shattering his dream of receiving a hero’s welcome.
Mr Sharif’s Pakistan Muslim League-N and its allies in the newly-formed All Parties Democratic Movement (APDM) had promised a big welcome for the former premier on arrival in Islamabad and had wished to see millions of people to greet him during a planned drive of about 300km on the Grand Trunk Road in a motorcade from Islamabad to Lahore.
But that turned out to be only as a boastful talk as nowhere any big crowd could come out to challenge the heavy deployment of police and paramilitary forces after a crackdown in which most prominent APDM figures and, according to PML-N estimates, thousands of its activists were detained, mainly in the Punjab province.
No one accepted this total failure of his plan. In fact APDM main party MMA blamed NS for this failure. That is very unfortunate humiliation for NS.
http://www.dawn.com/2007/09/13/top6.htm
Local PML-N leadership criticised by Shahbaz
ISLAMABAD, Sept 12: The Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz) has decided to take strict disciplinary action against local party leaders and office-bearers for their failure to mobilise the people to accord a warm welcome to former prime minister Nawaz Sharif on his return to the country on Sept 10.
http://www.dawn.com/2007/09/14/top7.htm
MMA blames PML-N for Sept 10 fiasco
ISLAMABAD, Sept 13: The Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal (MMA) has said that the Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz) is responsible for the poor turnout of opposition workers and general public when former prime minister Nawaz Sharif arrived in Islamabad on Sept 10.
According to sources, the MMA has complained that the alliance was not consulted when the reception plan was finalised.
The sources said the MMA had told the PML-N that the wrong choice of Islamabad as the place for Mr Sharif’s arrival and his interview to a foreign news channel in which he supported the US war against terror were the main factors for the embarrassment faced by the PML-N. MMA leaders were of the view that office-bearers and leaders of other parties in the ALL Parties Democratic Movement should have been included in various committees constituted by the PML-N to finalise the arrangements.
MMA leader Hafiz Hussain Ahmed said the alliance wanted Mr Sharif to come to Peshawar but decisions were being taken by the PML-N leadership in London.
He said he had told PML-N chairman Raja Zafarul Haq that Mr Sharif’s last news conference before his departure to Pakistan had created doubts in the minds of the people of the country.
Mr Sharif had told reporters that his understanding with the Saudi government was for five years of exile and not 10 years. Earlier, Mr Sharif had been denying having signed any agreement barring him from participating in politics.
Meanwhile, the government on Thursday released all the arrested PML-N leaders and office-bearers. However, attempts to contact them to seek the party’s view on the concerns expressed by the MMA failed.
These events suggested that NS is not a politician but a damn fool. By committing two blunders his future seemed to be doomed in politics. Perhaps he will never ever win any election in future. His own people betrayed him and stabbed a big knife in his back.
good post Aalsi!