CAIRO: A lawyer for former Egyptian premier and presidential hopeful Ahmed Shafiq on Sunday demanded access to him after he was reportedly deported from the United Arab Emirates to his homeland. Shafiq has not been seen since an airport official said he landed back in Cairo on Saturday evening after aides claimed the Emirati authorities loaded him onto a private jet. Lawyer Adly wrote that Shafiq wanted to leave the UAE for France, but was later told he would be taken to Egypt instead. In 2012 Shafiq only just lost out to Mohammed Morsi for the presidency, despite widespread antipathy for Mubarak-era officials. Sisi, a former army chief, was elected president in 2014, a year after leading the military’s ouster of Morsi from power.

Source: Pakistan Today December 03, 2017 15:11 UTC