Issuing the notices, Justice Chaudhry said the court would ascertain whether Sharif had been sent to Jeddah on his own or deported and whether the exit seal was stamped on his passport.
The summary is presently under review by the Finance Ministry that does not find the Foreign Ministry's proposal convincing enough to be given a serious thought, the newspaper quoted officials as saying.
Musharraf and Aziz had both asked the Pakistan People's Party chief to defer her homecoming and the government had said she faced a threat from pro-Taliban militants, especially rebel leader Baitullah Mehsud.
Pakistan Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz has dismissed the possibility of confederation between India and Paksitan, as remarked by President A P J Abdul Kalam, describing "it may be their (Indian rulers') way of thinking".
Claiming that India is yet to share with Pakistan any "tangible" information from the probe into the Samjhauta Express blasts, Islamabad on Saturday vowed to bring to book the perpetrators of terror attack.
The bomber tried to hurl a grenade, which exploded at his feet, killing him on the spot.
The Pakistan prime minister will be on a visit to India in his capacity as the SAARC chairman.
The Council of Indian Muslims in UK has also condemned the blasts.
Aziz told the media in Islamabad that he has advised Musharraf not to proclaim emergency in the country.
Musharraf was late in arriving at the court by over half an hour, and his lawyer attributed the delay to security concerns.
When Rice sat down with Aziz during her visit to Pakistan in March, 2005, the Pakistan Premier, who fancied himself as a ladies man, puffed himself up and held forth in what he obviously was his seductive baritone.
The two leaders, while reviewing the progress of the ongoing peace process, are also believed to have discussed Siachen and Sir Creek.
"As the investigation into the incident progresses, we should also be informed about this," he said at a fuction held at the Governor House in Karachi to distribute compensation cheques to the next of the kin of the victims of the train tragedy.
It is a performance with no flaws. Every word is well chosen, there is no humming and hawing, and difficult questions are effortlessly sidestepped by taking the answer in another direction and dwelling at length on the subject not asked.
'Bhutto has several corruption cases against her. We have given immunity to her and the Supreme Court is looking at whether this law meets the requirements of the Constitution. The people have had a strong reaction to removal of corruption cases against her," Minister Shaukat Aziz said.
As Aziz's press conference was around the same time, Pakistani officials sought postponement of her appearance in the programme called An Interview With Mukhtar Mai: The Bravest Women On Earth in UN television studio.
Pakistani authorities on Friday issued a list of 109 "most wanted" terrorists, including Lashkar-e-Jhangvi member Mati-ur-Rehman who was accused of involvement in a suicide attack on former premier Shaukat Aziz.
Slain Baloch leader Nawab Akbar Bugti's son Jamil Akbar Bugti has filed a petition in the Sibbi district and sessions court seeking an order to register a case against former President General Pervez Musharraf and other senior officials in connection with his father's death.
The Babur or Hatf VII missile can carry conventional as well as non-conventional nuclear warheads.
Pakistan Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz has lauded Prime Minister Manmohan Singh for responding positively to the proposals made by President Pervez Musharraf to resolve the Kashmir issue.
Pakistan's Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz on Tuesday called for a "strong and vibrant" Pakistan-China economic partnership to promote comprehensive cooperation, especially in the field of nuclear power generation.
Clearing the decks for the $7-billion Iran-Pakistan-India (IPI) gas pipeline project, the Pakistan government on Tuesday approved the gas sharing arrangement with New Delhi.
The 21 agreements relating to cooperation in the fields of defence, social and economic fields were signed after talks between visiting Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao and his Pakistani counterpart Shaukat Aziz.
The action came after Justice Choudhary was called for discussions by Musharraf and Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz and confronted with the charges in answer to which he could not give any satisfactory reply.
Opposition parties which threatened to resign if he went ahead with the re-election plans say that it is an indication that Musharraf was not certain about pro-military alliance returning to power in general elections.
India and Pakistan propose to start the rail link between Khokhrapar and Munnabao connecting Sindh and Rajasthan from October 2, 2005, External Affairs Minister K Natwar Singh announced on Thursday.
A stable, conflict-free cooperative relationship between Pakistan and India held the key to durable peace and prosperity in South Asia, Aziz said.
Pakistan's information ministry has urged the government to allow Star satellite television channels, which were banned along with other Indian channels to be aired by cable operators.
The progress in relations with India in all fields should hinge on progress on the Kashmir issue, he said.
The Pakistani government has not confirmed his appointment.
Noting that partial results have been achieved in the peace process to normalise relations with India, Pakistan has said the time has come to move towards dispute resolution to settle Kashmir and other contentious issues.
Pakistan has said it remains committed to resolving the Siachen issue.
On the Iranian nuclear crisis, Aziz said Pakistan does not want a new theatre of war in its borders. "It is a very complex issue. Pakistan certainly does not want a new theatre of arms conflict in this region which is already marred by conflicts."
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