Musharraf's ego and stubborness coming in my way:Sharif

ISLAMABAD: Former premier Nawaz Sharif, who was deported shortly after his return to Pakistan from a seven-year exile, on Monday said President Gen Pervez Musharraf's 'ego and stubborness' was responsible for him not being able to stay in his own country.

"It is only Musharraf's ego and his stubborness that is standing in my way," Sharif told ARY TV Channel at the Islamabad Airport Lounge, as he waited for the authorities' plan of action after his aircraft landed from London.

Describing as painful the situation he was in, the 57-year-old PML (N) leader regretted that he and his supporters who accompanied him from London were not able to make any telephonic contact with the outside world after their arrival here.

"This indicates the sorry state of affairs in the country. Emigration should be allowed. I should get my vehicle and be allowed to start my journey," he said. Sharif had planned to hit the road to reach Lahore after reaching here.

Sharif said telephones were not working and that they were all jammed. "Telephones in the plane (PIA) were jammed. Phones in the Lounge were jammed," he said.

"The government as I told you earlier doesn't believe in any ethics, morality, law. I think the government only believes in (these) things. We were right here. You know what happened in the plane. We kept sitting in the plane for more than an hour and then things have never happened like that," Sharif said.