Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif

Sharif Acquitted: Pakistani Court Dismisses 1999 Hijacking Charge, Lifts Ban Against Running For Office

AP | RASOOL DAWAR and MUNIR AHMAD | Posted 08.17.2009 | World


MIR ALI, Pakistan — Pakistani fighter jets flattened a suspected Taliban hide-out in the northwest early Saturday, killing six associates of a t...

Nawaz Sharif Can Contest Elections: Pakistan Supreme Court

DAWN.COM | Posted 06.26.2009 | World


ISLAMABAD: Supreme Court of Pakistan on Tuesday lifted a ban on opposition leader and former prime minister Nawaz Sharif holding office and contesting...

Pakistan Appeals Ruling Against Sharifs

DAWN.COM | Posted 04.19.2009 | World


ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan government filed appeals on Thursday to overturn a court ruling that banned opposition leader Nawaz Sharif and his brother Sha...

Sharif Brothers Banned From Contesting Elections By Pakistani Court

AP | CHRIS BRUMMITT | Posted 03.28.2009 | World


ISLAMABAD — Pakistan's Supreme Court banned the country's most popular opposition leader and his brother from contesting elections, igniting fre...

Ousted Pakistani Prime Minister Sharif Registers For Elections

AP | ZARAR KHAN | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics


Ousted Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Monday registered to run in Pakistan's parliamentary elections next month, while President Gen. Pervez Musharraf...