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is CBS in the world, I on Pakistan.

Arif Rafiq of Globally News is here to report on the Return of the king well the return of the

Premier in exile. Novash Sharif is his name is the elder brother of the

prime minister who is now standing or was standing for re-election in Chabazz Sharif.

At the same time he represents the past, not distant, recent past, 2017-2018.

In exile because the army didn't like him, but they've changed their mind

according to Arif's report.

Arif a very good evening to you, a large rally in Lahore to welcome Noire Sharif's return. Is this a political rally? Is this a sentimental

rally? What is Sharif's devoted following in Pakistan? What does it represent? Good evening to you.

Hi John, thank you for having me on. Yes, it's both a political and a sentimental

rally for Sharif. It's sentimental because he left Pakistan in 2018 for a he was

self-exiled in London for four years after being convicted on corruption-related charges.

During that time, his wife passed away in Pakistan,

and he's said to have not been able to visit her at her bedside

as she was departing this world.

So his return in many ways is sentimental.

But it's also political.

The rally, of course, is aimed at mobilizing public support

ahead of next year's general elections, which are expected to take place in early January, or in late January.

And so the idea here is that Nwa Shari, who's a former three-time Prime Minister of Pakistan and has one of its

largest parties, the Pakistan Muslim League, Nuaz, that he's really the center of gravity

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