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Sharif quits Pakistan coalition

                   
guardian.co.uk
12-May-2008
        
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Leader of second-largest party pulls his ministers from coalition cabinet ... Pakistan's fragile coalition government suffered a blow yesterday when Nawaz Sharif, leader of the second-largest party, pulled his ministers from the six-week-old cabinet. The withdrawal of the... [read full story]                    

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15-May-2008
        

Islamabad (PTI): Days after pulling out of the PPP-led government over the issue of deposed judges, former Pakistan premier and PML-N chief Nawaz Sharif has asked the countrymen to take to the streets for reinstatement of the justices sacked by President Pervez Musharraf. "Now every child must...

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expressindia.com
15-May-2008
        

Agencies Posted online: Thursday , May 15, 2008 at 03:21:15 Islamabad, May 15: Days after pulling out of the ruling coalition over the issue of deposed judges, former Pakistan premier and PML-N chief Nawaz Sharif has asked the countrymen to take to the streets for reinstatement of the justices...

                   

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indiaenews.com
15-May-2008
        

From correspondents in Delhi, India, 04:00 PM IST Ahead of talks between India and Pakistan next week, former Pakistan prime minister Nawaz Sharif has struck an upbeat note saying both sides should "seize the opportunity to clinch all issues" and abolish the restrictive visa regime. Underlining...

PPP will continue dialogue with Sharif on judges issue

indiatimes.com
14-May-2008
        

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Pakistan's Sharif says to support lawyers' movement for judges restoration

xinhuanet.com
14-May-2008
        

ISLAMABAD, May 14 (Xinhua) -- Nawaz Sharif, chief of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) Wednesday said his party would extend full cooperation and support to lawyers' movement for the restoration of deposed judges. The PML-N would support lawyers for a noble cause and the PML-Nhad already made...

                   

'Sharif, not Zardari calling the shots in Pakistan'

indiaenews.com
14-May-2008
        

Contrary to popular perception, it now emerges that it is former prime minister Nawaz Sharif and not Asif Ali Zardari, co-chair of the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) that heads the country's ruling coalition, who is calling the shots in Pakistan's political roller coaster ride.

                   

Pak PM calls for final try to salvage coalition

expressindia.com
14-May-2008
        

Reuters Posted online: Wednesday, May 14, 2008 at 07:13:17 Pakistani Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani called for a last-ditch effort to save his government on Tuesday, after refusing to accept the resignations of cabinet ministers from a coalition partner. Nawaz Sharif, who heads the...

                   

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14-May-2008
        

Gulf News Pakistan's weakening rupee, rising inflation and fast growing international trade deficit are evidence of an economy that is in deep trouble. And on Monday, Nawaz Sharif, the former prime minister and a key leader of the new ruling coalition, raised the stakes when he ordered ministers...

                   

Summer of finite choices

expressindia.com
13-May-2008
        

If I were Nawaz Sharif, I too would have looked exhausted, unbuttoned my collar and loosened the tie-knot. He can either take the logic of what he has done further, which will be a political risk, or allow the PPP to woo him back, which the latter has said it will do. Prime Minister Yousaf Raza...

                   

Sharif ministers resign, PM yet to accept

expressindia.com
13-May-2008
        

ISLAMABAD, May 13: Pakistanis are shocked by the split of a six-week-old coalition Government on which they had pinned hopes for stability and change, and fear another bout of political polarisation and turbulence. Former prime minister Nawaz Sharif, who heads the second biggest party in the...

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