Pakistani ex-PM's party turns to Supreme Court
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Supporters of former Pakistani prime minister Nawaz Sharif petitioned the Supreme Court on Tuesday saying their leader was illegally deported, and setting up a showdown between the court and the government.
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An opposition party challenged a rule change favoring the re-election of President Gen. Pervez Musharraf in court Wednesday, while a top foreign envoy arrived to quiz the military leader on Pakistan's turbulent politics.
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ISLAMABAD, Pakistan - Pakistan's political opposition yesterday launched a legal challenge to the deportation of a prominent rival of President General Pervez Musharraf a day earlier, spearheading what was described as a broader campaign to topple the military leader.
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Pakistan's opposition parties put forward their jailed leader as candidate in a rubber-stamp parliamentary vote for prime minister against the ruling party candidate, ex-finance minister Shaukat Aziz.
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Islamists chanting slogans against Pakistan's military leader rallied outside the Supreme Court on Friday as judges heard petitions challenging President Gen. Pervez Musharraf's right to run for re-election.
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Lawyers for the former deputy Malaysian leader attend a hearing to try to overturn his corruption conviction.
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A Pakistani court ordered the arrest on Friday of an exiled brother of former prime minister Nawaz Sharif, both of whom aim to return home next week to mount a campaign to end embattled President Pervez Musharraf's rule.
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Immediately after Pakistan's highest court ruled he could return, former Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif said he would go home soon to lead his party's campaign to oust the general who overthrew and exiled him eight years ago.
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ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, Sept. 27 -- Pakistan's chief justice ordered the release of hundreds of jailed opposition activists Thursday, while President Pervez Musharraf formally jumped into the race for another term despite a candidacy that remains in legal limbo.
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The former prime minister's murder threatens security and restoration of democracy in Pakistan.
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Pakistan's Supreme Court will consider whether to reinstate the country's top judge, as violence continues.
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Former Pakistan leader tries to persuade Congress to support her return to power.
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SUKKUR, Pakistan  - Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf made the country an international laughing stock by purging the judiciary after he imposed emergency rule in November, former prime minister Nawaz Sharif said on Monday.
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Pakistan&#39;s Supreme Court is expected to decide on Friday whether President Pervez Musharraf can run for re-election in a ruling with far-reaching consequences for the nuclear-armed nation.
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Opposition swelled on Tuesday to the government's move to sack Pakistan's top judge as a judicial council heard the case against him behind closed doors.
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ISLAMABAD, Pakistan  -- Lawyers for former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif filed a petition in the Supreme Court Tuesday challenging his expulsion to Saudi Arabia, setting up another confrontation between the judiciary and Pakistan's military ruler as he battles to hold onto power.
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A ruling was a blow to Pakistanâs president, who has been beset by Islamic militants and pro-democracy opponents.