Read more Nawaz Sharif stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/10265/nawaz-sharif.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 5:56:10 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/60099/pakistan-high-court-lifts-ban-on-sharif.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe Pakistani Supreme Court has lifted a ban on opposition leader Nawaz Sharif that prevented him from running for election, clearing the way for the popular politician to vie for a third term as prime minister. Sharif had been blocked from public office because of a criminal conviction in 2000...http://www.newser.com/story/60099/pakistan-high-court-lifts-ban-on-sharif.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 26 May 2009 6:40:41 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/57839/us-reaches-out-to-pakistani-opposition.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe Obama administration is seeking closer ties with the Pakistani president's biggest—and most bitter—rival, the New York Times reports. The US previously shunned Nawaz Sharif because of his links to Islamists, but diplomats now believe Sharif's popularity among that group could help bolster Asif Ali Zardari's embattled government...http://www.newser.com/story/57839/us-reaches-out-to-pakistani-opposition.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 02 May 2009 5:58:32 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/54217/pakistans-top-justice-returns-to-jubilation.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagPakistan's chief justice triumphantly returned to the bench today, reports the BBC, as supporters showered him with rose petals outside the supreme court in Islamabad. Iftikhar Mohammed Chaudhry was suspended by former president Pervez Musharraf during the 2007 state of emergency. Last week current president Asif Ali Zardari finally fulfilled...http://www.newser.com/story/54217/pakistans-top-justice-returns-to-jubilation.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 24 Mar 2009 8:21:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/53386/pakistan-to-restore-ousted-chief-judge.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTwo days of massive demonstrations have convinced the Pakistani government to reinstate the nation's chief justice, CNN reports. Hundreds of angry lawyers filled the streets as a government spokesman said Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry would soon regain his position. Protesters demanded that the government fulfill its promise to reinstate...http://www.newser.com/story/53386/pakistan-to-restore-ousted-chief-judge.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 15 Mar 2009 19:30:54 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/53368/pakistan-puts-sharif-under-house-arrest.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagPakistan's tensions reached new heights today as President Zardari put rival Nawaz Sharif under house arrest, the New York Times reports. The move comes just hours before Sharif was to address supporters at a demonstration in Lahore. The government, meanwhile, has begun pulling troops away from the fight against militants...http://www.newser.com/story/53368/pakistan-puts-sharif-under-house-arrest.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 14 Mar 2009 23:05:34 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/53242/us-envoys-try-to-defuse-pakistan-crisis.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe US is attempting to defuse the escalating political crisis in Pakistan, reports the New York Times , as the police continued to beat and arrest protesters marching to Islamabad. The American ambassador yesterday visited Nawaz Sharif, the former PM whose supporters have joined the lawyers movement in anti-government demonstrations. Later...http://www.newser.com/story/53242/us-envoys-try-to-defuse-pakistan-crisis.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 13 Mar 2009 8:31:07 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/53120/pakistan-protests-escalate-sharif-alleges-death-threat.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagPakistani police continued their crackdown on protesters today as Nawaz Sharif, a former PM turned opposition leader, accused the government of conspiring to kill him. Political activists and the country's lawyers defied a ban on protests, facing beatings and arrests in demonstrations from Karachi to Lahore. Sharif said he had...http://www.newser.com/story/53120/pakistan-protests-escalate-sharif-alleges-death-threat.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 12 Mar 2009 7:00:33 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/53030/pakistan-bans-protest-arrests-opposition-workers.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagPakistan’s government began cracking down on the opposition today in ways reminiscent of deposed dictator Pervez Musharraf, the New York Times reports. Police arrested hundreds of political workers today, and the government banned a protest national march scheduled for tomorrow, declaring that demonstrators wouldn’t be allowed into Islamabad. Organizer Nawaz...http://www.newser.com/story/53030/pakistan-bans-protest-arrests-opposition-workers.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 11 Mar 2009 12:05:39 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/51880/weakness-at-top-worsens-pakistans-woes.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagIn less than 6 months at Pakistan's helm, Asif Ali Zardari has surrounded himself with cronies, alienated top advisers, and created a situation that has diplomats warning that he's undercutting efforts to oppose al-Qaeda and the Taliban. Benazir Bhutto's widower is holed up inside his palace, and cabinet ministers who...http://www.newser.com/story/51880/weakness-at-top-worsens-pakistans-woes.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 26 Feb 2009 12:19:01 CST