But the gent who returns to his country looks different from the leader who went into exile in Saudi Arabia seven years ago.

Those days, inset, Sharif was almost bald.

These days, Sharif has a full thatch of hair.

Seven years of exile seems to have done wonders to Sharif's skull. Or has he been consulting with Salman Khan's doc in London?

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