Sharif Blocked From Pakistan Election
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Former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif lost his appeal against the rejection of his nomination for next monthâs parliamentary elections, an official said.
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Pakistan plans to postpone next  week's election after Benazir Bhutto's killing sparked turmoil  in the nuclear-armed country, but officials put off a final  announcement until Wednesday to consult parties.
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Lawyers for the former Pakistani prime minister Nawaz Sharif filed a petition threw down a legal challenge to Pakistanâs president, Gen. Pervez Musharraf.
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RAWALPINDI, Pakistan, Sept. 10 -- Former prime minister Nawaz Sharif was deported from Pakistan Monday, just hours after he ended seven years of exile and returned to the country determined to take on his nemesis, embattled President Pervez Musharraf. Government officials said he was being flown ...
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President suffers crushing blow to his authority in Pakistan's parliamentary elections
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Pakistan's parliamentary elections have been postponed until February 18 because of unrest following the assassination of former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto. The elections were originally set for January 8. Both opposition parties wanted the elections to go ahead as scheduled, hoping to capitalize on the sympathy following Bhutto's killing.
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Pakistan's former prime minister Nawaz Sharif was being deported on Monday about four hours after arriving at Islamabad airport, a senior government official said.
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GAZA CITY, 3 December 2004 - Islamic Jihad said yesterday it would boycott a Jan. 9 Palestinian presidential election for a successor to Yasser Arafat.
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Officials said next weekâs elections would probably be delayed, while the opposition politician Nawaz Sharif called for President Pervez Musharraf to resign.
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Pakistan faced the prospect of fresh clashes after a former prime minister, Nawaz Sharif, was deported as he tried to return from exile on Monday.
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Pakistan detains supporters of Nawaz Sharif, his party says, as the exiled PM prepares to fly home.
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Opposition parties in Pakistan are to boycott parliament in protest at President Musharraf's re-election plans.
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Pakistan's elections will be delayed by at least four weeks due to mass unrest after the assassination of Benazir Bhutto, a cabinet official told AFP on Monday.
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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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ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, Sept. 9 -- On Oct. 12, 1999, Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif refused landing rights to a plane carrying his army chief, Gen. Pervez Musharraf, setting off a military coup that resulted in Sharif's exile.
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Killing of Pakistani opposition leader likely to scuttle elections, removing opportunity for military strongman to gain political legitimacy.
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Pakistan's Election Commission has postponed general elections until February 18, saying polling was not possible on January 8 because of disturbances following the assassination of Benazir Bhutto.