Exiled former Pakistani leader Nawaz Sharif is expected to return home on September 10 to challenge military leader President Pervez Musharraf in forthcoming elections, sources in Sharif's delegation said on Thursday.

Sharif was ousted as prime minister in a 1999 coup by Musharraf and risks arrest when he flies into Islamabad.

Another former prime minister Benazir Bhutto said on Wednesday she had almost sealed a power-sharing deal with Musharraf under which he will quit as Pakistan's army chief. - Reuters