it's the second time mashar said he's coming back Pakistan's former military dictator and president had to resign under immense pressure from political leaders and the courts in 2008 it was a near war with India in 1999 which made Mash's high-profile career controversial from the beginning he took power through a military coup from the then elected prime minister Naas Sharif mashar chose to call himself chief executive and then became the president but his decision to join the us-led war on terror did not go down well in Pakistan he played a key role in the US invasion of Afghanistan and the military was deployed for the first time on the northwest tribal border Pakistan has taken a considered decision Pakistan's intelligence agencies and the CIA helped train Fighters during the Soviet War in the 80s and developed strong ties with fighters on both sides of the Border but alqa Affiliated groups targeted both military and civilians after mush's decision to sever ties with them M Sheriff tried to sign agreements with tribal elders but fighters on one hand and pressure from Washington was a difficult balance he also tried to normalize ties with India but wasn't able to carry it through after he tried to remove Pakistan's chief justice a massive movement in favor of Justice if sakar chodri was one of the deciding factors in ending M shariff's 10year rule he tried to S Power by allowing political leaders in Exile to come back and wiping clean old criminal cases under a reconcil a ordinance and nearly 5 years after stepping down was sheriff and his newly formed all Pakistan Muslim League said they will face the challenges headon whether it was the military operations in the tribal areas consent for drone basers in Pakistan action against L Masjid disregarding the Constitution or promoting his book while in office mushara says it's all behind him for now a temporary bail prevents his arrest on many charges for his actions the last Pakistani leader to self-imposed Exile was Benazir puto she was assassinated within months of her return now per mashar a military man turned politician plans to return amid similar threats Usama bin Javid aler