Islamabad, Feb. 2 : The Supreme Court of Pakistan has ruled that though former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has been pardoned in the case relating to his disqualification from contesting the by-elections, he still remains an offender.

According to The News, Justice Sheikh Hakim Ali observed that Sharif was still an offender and not eligible to contest the elections.

Earlier, during the hearing, Sharif's lawyer Akram Sheikh argued that the case against his client does not have legality to stand in the court as it was filed three days after the specified time.

Peshawar, Feb 2: Sher Azam Khan, personal security manager of PML-N chief Nawaz Sharif, was assassinated in his native town of Khalabat in district Haripur of Morth West Frontier Province.

Khan also Finance Secretary of the party's NWFP chapter was going to his home in a car along with members of his family when some unidentified gunmen fired at the car, sources said.

Lahore, Jan 30 : Former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has said that the Lahore Declaration should be the basis to resolve the Kashmir issue, hoping that the ''spirit'' of 1999 agreement signed with India will be "restored sooner or later."

"Kashmir is a core issue between Pakistan and India and it needs to be resolved in the same spirit as was expressed between the then two prime ministers when Atal Bihari Vajpayee came to Pakistan and signed the Lahore Declaration," Sharif told reporters.

Lahore, Jan 22 : Former premier and PML-N chief Nawaz Sharif has said that there is no threat to the Punjab Government, and added that he is not going to beg the PPP to save it.

Talking to MPAs of four divisions of Punjab on Wednesday, Sharif expressed these views. He said that no government could deter us from our principled stance.

"Our government in Punjab is strong and there is no threat to it and we would not compromise on our principles to save it and neither we would beg," he added.

Karachi, Jan 21: PML-N chief Nawaz Sharif has decided to tour the PPP's strongholds in Sindh in February, setting aside an understanding reached under the Murree Declaration that the later would not interfere in the political matters of Punjab, while the former would keep itself away from the political matters of Sindh.

Sharif has decided to tour Sindh in the first week of February in connection with the party's political campaign, sources said.

They said the PML-N developed grievances over the judges' issue and the PPP's style of politics in Punjab, and believe that the PPP is directly interfering in political matters of the state.

Islamabad, Jan 21: The Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) has warned against disqualification of its top leadership, saying that neither the people of the country nor the party will accept any controversial judgment handed in by the PCO judges.

"Any controversial decision at this point of time would mean another judicial crisis and chaos in the country, the responsibility of which would lie on the Government," PML-N Central Secretary Information Ahsan Iqbal told reporters here.