cairo former egyptian prime minister ahmed shafik return home unite arab emirates announce bid egypt presidency appear cairo sunday say still consider run next year election shafik comment private cairo television station come day family say take home emirates deport back egypt say lose contact late sunday shafik former air force chief government minister see critics president abdel fattah al-sisi strong potential challenger president expect run second term next year detail happen shafik leave uae saturday declaration sunday unclear make surprise announcement uae last week plan run 2018 election today country think free deliberate issue explore go talk people street say sunday chance investigate see exactly need ... feel logical choice interview dream tv shafik first public appearance since leave uae saturday family say early fear kidnap source say pick egyptian authorities cairo airport shafik dismiss report kidnap lawyer dina adly write facebook page able see cairo hotel say subject investigations confirm whether able leave hotel country meet shafik hour ago one hotels new cairo confirm health adly write facebook refer suburban area cairo confirm health good subject investigations write shafik family say early take home saturday uae authorities fly private plane back cairo know nothing since leave home yesterday shafik daughter may tell reuters sunday reappearance deport able go home disappear consider kidnap uae authorities confirm leave emirates give detail source egyptian interior ministry say know anything shafik arrest receive request prosecution arrest bring back shafik abrupt departure uae come weeks lebanese officials accuse saudi arabia meddle force lebanese prime minister saad al-hariri resign hold saudi arabia deny charge case prompt crisis push lebanon back center regional struggle riyadh sunni gulf ally iran sisi ally uae saudi arabia supporters say key egypt stability critics say erode freedoms gain 2011 uprise oust former leader hosni mubarak jail hundreds dissidents sisi back gulf state present bulwark islamist militants since army commander lead overthrow 2013 former president mohamed mursi ban muslim brotherhood four decades military shafik tout military experience one strengths 2012 vote flee uae escape corruption charge june 2012. dismiss charge politically motivate take airport watchlists last year uae family say round-the-clock security home inform authorities whereabouts soon announcement wednesday claim block travel family late say give assurances could travel sisi yet announce intentions election supporters dismiss criticism right abuse say measure need security face islamist insurgency kill hundreds police soldier government struggle crush insurgency north sinai region enact painful austerity reform last year critics say erode popularity return home former egypt premier say still mull election bid