Former Pakistani PM Sharif arrested after return
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Former Pakistani prime minister Nawaz Sharif was arrested at Islamabad airport on Monday and taken into custody about three hours after arriving home from seven years in exile.
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Key opposition figures are arrested in Pakistan, ahead of protests against President Musharraf's re-election.
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Former Pakistan prime minister Nawaz Sharif returned from exile on Monday to face a showdown with embattled President Pervez Musharraf, vowing to topple the man who ousted him eight years ago.
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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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Hundreds of supporters of ex-Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif arrested last week are being released.
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The plane carrying Pakistan's exiled former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif lands at Islamabad airport.
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Pakistani authorities tightened security at Islamabad's airport and have detained more than 2,000 supporters of exiled former prime minister Nawaz Sharif, his party said on Sunday, the eve of his planned return.
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Former Pakistan prime minister Nawaz Sharif left his aircraft after a 90 minute standoff with authorities after returning home on Monday from seven years in exile.
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Pakistan's former prime minister Nawaz Sharif said on Saturday he would return home from exile despite a call from a Saudi official for him to stay away for the sake of Pakistani stability.
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ISLAMABAD, Pakistan - On Oct. 12, 1999, Pakistan's prime minister, Nawaz Sharif, refused landing rights to a plane carrying his army chief, General Pervez Musharraf, setting off a military coup that resulted in Sharif's exile.
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Nawaz Sharif, a Pakistani opposition leader and former prime minister, arrived in Islamabad today intent on ousting the current president. His plane was held on the runway as he negotiated with police today.
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Pakistan's exiled former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif is flying home as about 2,000 of his supporters are arrested.
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A former Taliban front-line military commander has been arrested in connection with the abduction of three UN workers in Afghanistan in October, a senior Pakistan official said Saturday.
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With hundreds of supporters clashing with police in neighboring Rawalpindi, authorities Tuesday arrested Asif Ali Zardari, the husband of former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto.
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Pakistani security forces captured the former Taliban defense minister, Pakistani intelligence officials said Friday, in what would be the highest-ranking leader from the Afghan insurgency to be arrested since it lost power in 2001.
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Former Pakistani prime minister Nawaz Sharif, who was was set to leave London Sunday, will return home to &quot;play his part in Pakistani politics,&quot; his spokesman said.
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Former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif will return to Pakistan next week, despite a reported request from Saudi authorities that the exiled leader not go back, his party said Wednesday.