2007年VOA标准英语-Former Pakistan PM Sharif Deported After Arriva

By Daniel Schearf
Islamabad
10 September 2007

Former Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, bottom center, surrounded by aides and supporters on an ariplane as he arrives in Islamabad, Pakistan after he flew from London, England, 10 Sep 2007

Former prime minister of Pakistan Nawaz Sharif has been deported¹ from Pakistan after attempting to enter the country. As Daniel Schearf reports from Islamabad, Mr. Sharif was returning to challenge the military rule of the man who ousted² him from power and sent him into exile, Pakistani President Musharraf.

Shortly after his plane touched down at Islamabad airport, black-clad Pakistani commandos escorted Mr. Sharif to an airport lounge. Anti-corruption³ authorities handed him an arrest warrant. He was deported just a few hours later.

He is back in Saudi Arabia where he has lived in exile for the past seven years.

Mr. Sharif's deportation⁴ was not completely unexpected. Officials had warned this might happen if he returned to Pakistan, despite a Supreme⁵ Court ruling saying he should be allowed to return without government obstruction⁶.

The government has yet to issue an official explanation.

While being held up in the airport lounge, Mr. Sharif expressed disappointment at not being allowed home.

 

"Our party leadership is absent. They have not been allowed to come here," he said. "So, we understand that there is an aircraft standing⁷ here, there are helicopters. The government has some other plans which we do not know. The telephones are not working, they are all jammed."

Before his arrival, authorities had detained several leaders of Mr. Sharif's Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz), along with hundreds of supporters. Security was tight at the airport; barbed wire and barricades⁸ blocked roads.

The government banned rallies and stopped visitors from entering the airport. But that did not stop hundreds of Sharif supporters from trying. Many of them clashed with police who fired tear gas and used batons⁹ against them.

Mr. Sharif had returned to contest upcoming elections against President Musharraf, the general who launched a 1999 coup¹⁰ against him for alleged¹¹ corruption.

The European Union criticized the decision to send Mr. Sharif into exile again, saying the Supreme Court ruling allowing him back should be respected.

President Musharraf is trying to strike a power-sharing deal with another former prime minister in exile, Benazir Bhutto, who is also expected to try to return to Pakistan.

Mr. Musharraf is supported by the United States as an ally against terrorism. He faces resurgent militants¹² in the border region with Afghanistan, where al-Qaida leader Osama bin¹³ Laden¹⁴ is thought to be hiding.

But he has lost significant public support at home. He tried but failed to fire the Supreme Court chief justice in March. The courts are questioning Mr. Musharraf's extension of time as both top general and president.

The deportation, for a second time, of a leading rival, raises the stakes in Pakistan's bitter political struggle.

1 deported   

v.将…驱逐出境( deport的过去式和过去分词 )；举止

参考例句：

• They stripped me of my citizenship and deported me. 他们剥夺我的公民资格，将我驱逐出境。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The convicts were deported to a deserted island. 罪犯们被流放到一个荒岛。 来自《简明英汉词典》

2 ousted   

驱逐( oust的过去式和过去分词 )； 革职； 罢黜； 剥夺

参考例句：

• He was ousted as chairman. 他的主席职务被革除了。
• He may be ousted by a military takeover. 他可能在一场军事接管中被赶下台。

3 corruption   

n.腐败，堕落，贪污

参考例句：

• The people asked the government to hit out against corruption and theft.人民要求政府严惩贪污盗窃。
• The old man reviled against corruption.那老人痛斥了贪污舞弊。

4 deportation   

n.驱逐，放逐

参考例句：

• The government issued a deportation order against the four men.政府发出了对那4名男子的驱逐令。
• Years ago convicted criminals in England could face deportation to Australia.很多年以前，英国已定罪的犯人可能被驱逐到澳大利亚。

5 supreme   

adj.极度的，最重要的；至高的，最高的

参考例句：

• It was the supreme moment in his life.那是他一生中最重要的时刻。
• He handed up the indictment to the supreme court.他把起诉书送交最高法院。

6 obstruction   

n.阻塞，堵塞；障碍物

参考例句：

• She was charged with obstruction of a police officer in the execution of his duty.她被指控妨碍警察执行任务。
• The road was cleared from obstruction.那条路已被清除了障碍。

7 standing   

n.持续，地位；adj.永久的，不动的，直立的，不流动的

参考例句：

• After the earthquake only a few houses were left standing.地震过后只有几幢房屋还立着。
• They're standing out against any change in the law.他们坚决反对对法律做任何修改。

8 barricades   

路障，障碍物( barricade的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The police stormed the barricades the demonstrators had put up. 警察冲破了示威者筑起的街垒。
• Others died young, in prison or on the barricades. 另一些人年轻时就死在监牢里或街垒旁。

9 batons   

n.（警察武器）警棍( baton的名词复数 )；（乐队指挥用的）指挥棒；接力棒

参考例句：

• There were many riot policemen with batons. 有许多带警棍的防暴警察。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Chinese police fight? Number one is a person with batons to fight! 满街飘的中国国旗，是一个老华侨在事发时那出来分给大家的，很感动，真的，从来一向多一事不如少一事的中国人今天团结到一起站出来反抗。 来自互联网

10 coup   

n.政变；突然而成功的行动

参考例句：

• The monarch was ousted by a military coup.那君主被军事政变者废黜了。
• That government was overthrown in a military coup three years ago.那个政府在3年前的军事政变中被推翻。

11 alleged   

a.被指控的，嫌疑的

参考例句：

• It was alleged that he had taken bribes while in office. 他被指称在任时收受贿赂。
• alleged irregularities in the election campaign 被指称竞选运动中的不正当行为

12 militants   

激进分子，好斗分子( militant的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The militants have been sporadically fighting the government for years. 几年来，反叛分子一直对政府实施零星的战斗。
• Despite the onslaught, Palestinian militants managed to fire off rockets. 尽管如此，巴勒斯坦的激进分子仍然发射导弹。

13 bin   

n.箱柜；vt.放入箱内；[计算机] DOS文件名:二进制目标文件

参考例句：

• He emptied several bags of rice into a bin.他把几袋米倒进大箱里。
• He threw the empty bottles in the bin.他把空瓶子扔进垃圾箱。

14 laden   

adj.装满了的；充满了的；负了重担的；苦恼的

参考例句：

• He is laden with heavy responsibility.他肩负重任。
• Dragging the fully laden boat across the sand dunes was no mean feat.将满载货物的船拖过沙丘是一件了不起的事。