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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Lawyers representing the exiled former prime minister, Nawaz Sharif, filed petitions against the government, accusing it of abducting him and of acting in contempt of the court.
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Nawaz Sharif, the exiled former prime  minister of Pakistan, boarded a flight from London to Islamabad  on Sunday as he headed towards a showdown with President Pervez  Musharraf, who has threatened him with arrest.
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Analysis: By allowing former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif to return home, the Supreme Court could undermine U.S.-backed plans for Musharraf to share power with another former Prime Minister, Benazir Bhutto
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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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Pakistani lawyers and opposition party members rallied outside the Supreme Court here on Saturday to support the judge at the centre of a row threatening President Pervez Musharraf&#39;s grip on power.
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As Pakistan heads for the polls, a posthumously published memoir by the ex-Prime minister challenges Islamic extremism
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Pakistani opposition leaders cranked up pressure on President Pervez Musharraf on Monday, after doubts were cast over his re-election plans by the Supreme Court's reinstatement of a judge seen as a symbol of resistance.
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Pakistan's Supreme Court is to debate if Gen Musharraf should be army chief while seeking re-election.
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LAHORE, Pakistan  - A Pakistani court on Friday ordered the arrest of a brother of former prime minister Nawaz Sharif, who is planning to return from exile on Monday vowing to end the rule of President Pervez Musharraf.
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Pakistan's former prime minister Nawaz Sharif launched another phase of his roller-coaster political career on Monday, returning home to challenge the army chief who ousted him eight years ago.
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The former prime minister's murder threatens security and restoration of democracy in Pakistan.
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Pakistan's suspended chief justice won the first round in a lengthy legal battle with the government on Monday, as the Supreme Court decided to consider his challenge against accusations of misconduct.
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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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Hundreds of lawyers rallied and boycotted courts across Pakistan on Thursday in a renewed campaign to force President Gen. Pervez Musharraf to step down, while supporters of former premier Nawaz Sharif prepared for his promised return from exile.
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HARIPUR, Pakistan  - Thousands turned out to greet Pakistan's suspended chief justice as he traveled to a northwestern town on Saturday to muster support for his legal battle against President Pervez Musharraf's attempt to sack him.
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ISLAMABAD, Pakistan -- Pakistan's chief justice returned to work yesterday, days after the Supreme Court reinstated him in a landmark ruling that struck a blow for democracy and undermined the authority of President General Pervez Musharraf.