Nawaz Sharif

Benazir-Musharraf conspired to keep Sharif away from Pakistan’s politics: former British envoy

London, Mar. 3 : Former Pakistan Prime Minister and Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz) chief, Nawaz Sharif may have been disqualified by the Supreme Court, but his exclusion from Pakistan's political stage was likely scripted outside the country.

According to the former British high commissioner to Pakistan, Hilary Synnott, the United States and Britain, during the military regime of General Pervez Musharraf, hoped to revive democracy while maintaining Musharraf at the top.

This was the reason why both Musharraf and former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto were urged by both the nations to join hands despite their prolonged hostility.

Pakistani Islamist group joins anti-government protest

Nawaz-SharifIslamabad - Pakistan's most influential Islamist political party on Monday announced it will join former premier Nawaz Sharif's protest march against a court ban on his candidacy and for the reinstatement of the deposed Supreme Court chief justice.

"We will fully participate in the long march," Jamaat-e-Islami chief Qazi Hussain Ahmed told reporters at a joint press conference with Sharif in Lahore, the capital of Pakistan's eastern province of Punjab.

Sharif says his goals to be achieved in few weeks

Sharif says his goals to be achieved in few weeksLahore, Mar 2 : Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) chief Nawaz Sharif has called on the masses to support him in the current situation, and said his party would achieve its goals in a few weeks, but did not elaborate.

Sharif made the comments while addressing a seminar organised at Jamia Naeemia on Sunday.

Talking to Zardari will be a ‘sin’: Sharif

Nawaz SharifLahore, Feb. 28 : Taking his fight with President Asif Ali Zardari a step further, former Pakistan Prime Minister and Pakistan Muslim League- Nawaz (PML-N) chief, Nawaz Sharif has said that he is still ready to mend ways with the Pakistan People's Party (PPP), but unwilling to commit the "sin" of talking to Zardari.

"I am still ready to talk to Benazir's PPP. But I consider talking to Zardari the `biggest sin," The Nation quoted Sharif, as saying.

Sharif denies making calls for civil disobedience movement

Sharif denies making calls for civil disobedience movementIslamabad, Feb. 28 : Former Pakistan Prime Minister and Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) chief , Nawaz Sharif has refuted making calls for a civil disobedience movement in the country, after he and his brother, Shahbaz Sharif, were disqualified from contesting elections by a Supreme Court verdict.

"I have not called for civil disobedience and no decision has yet been made on this," Sharif told BBC Urdu.

"I have merely said that the administration, the police should not follow any extralegal orders," he added.

Nawaz says Zardari’s chapter of dictatorship about to end forever

Nawaz says Zardari’s chapter of dictatorship about to end foreverLahore, Feb. 28 : Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz chief Nawaz Sharif has warned President Asif Ali Zardari that he will have to face `dire consequences for his misdeeds', and that the chapter of his dictatorship was about to be closed forever.

"President Zardari could not face the PML-N lawfully, so he toppled our government in Punjab," the Daily Times quoted Sharif, as saying.

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