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NDTV
April 16, 2018
Gunshots At House Of Pakistan Supreme Court Judge Who Disqualified Nawaz Sharif ... Authorities said no one was injured in the shooting outside the residence of Supreme Court Justice Ijazul Ahsan, who was part of a five member bench that last July disqualified Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif from his job.
Pakistan Today
April 16, 2018
LAHORE: Former premier Nawaz Sharif who has been summoned to National Accountability Bureau (NAB) to record his statement in a corruption case regarding the misuse of authority to construct a road from Raiwind to Jati Umra was served his summons at the security checkpoint outside his residence inÃâà...
The Nation
April 16, 2018
... 2018 What is next for Nawaz Sharif? 7:44 PM | April 15, 2018 Shahbaz seeks report on firing incident outside Justice Ahsan's residence; 7:33 PM | April 15, 2018 Facebook fuels broad privacy debate by tracking non-users; 6:51 PM | April 15, 2018 PML-N govt delivered on promises: Saad; 5:41 PM | AprilÃâà...
Economic Times
April 16, 2018
Maryam in her address had said: "The SC judges had asked Imran Khan (cricketer-turned-politician and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf chairman) to file a petition so that they could oust Nawaz Sharif as he (Khan) had failed to make that happen through protest movement. The judges acted as lawyers of ImranÃâà...
The Hindu
April 16, 2018
Nawaz Sharif has been here before, most famously in 1999, when his government was overthrown by military dictator Pervez Musharraf and he was charged with attempted murder and the hijacking of a Pakistan International Airlines airplane going from Colombo to Karachi. Mr. Sharif, who was serving aÃâà...
DailyO
April 15, 2018
Pakistan had a new prime minister, Mohammad Khan Junejo. Zia was of course the president. Nawaz Sharif became the chief minister of Punjab in 1985. That was the first of the two times he held the position. On May 1988, Zia, using his presidential power under 58-2(B), dissolved Junejo's government,Ãâà...
Geo News, Pakistan
April 14, 2018
Although his entry into politics might have been accidental and unexpected, Mian Mohammad Nawaz Sharif's exit from Pakistan's political arena after his lifetime disqualification by the Supreme Court—a major setback for the PML-N leader, his party, and his family—was expected. Let's have a closer look atÃâà...
Arab News
April 14, 2018
“We have asked Mian Muhammad Nawaz Sharif to appear in person before a joint investigation team to get recorded his plea with the relevant record. He has been summoned for misusing his authority as prime minister to influence District Council Lahore for the widening of a road leading to his Jati UmraÃâà...
Samaa Web Desk
April 13, 2018
SIALKOT: PML-N leader Maryam Nawaz has said Nawaz Sharif's disqualification is not going to last forever but it will be overturned after the 'current decision makers' leave their seats. “This is not the first time Nawaz Sharif is being punished but his opponents have been trying to oust him for last 35 years,”Ãâà...
Eurasia Review
April 13, 2018
Despite being badly wounded and pushed into a corner, the tiger (election symbol of Nawaz Sharif's party and his own image among his followers) hasn't stopped roaring. But while the tiger remains a formidable adversary and isn't showing any signs of throwing in the towel in the face of overwhelmingÃâà...
The Hindu
April 13, 2018
Pakistan's Supreme Court on Friday, in a unanimous decision, declared that any person proved to be dishonest or not righteous is barred from politics for life or holding any public office. This will effectively end any hopes for the return of three time former prime minister Nawaz Sharif who had to resign afterÃâà...
Samaa Web Desk (blog)
April 13, 2018
Nawaz Sharif stepped down as prime minister last year after the top court ousted him over dishonesty. The court said he did not declare a particular source of income. Under Article 62, some disqualifications span five years. Friday's ruling clarified, however, that Mr Sharif will never again be able to holdÃâà...
Samaa Web Desk
April 13, 2018
ISLAMABAD: Nawaz Sharif, Jehangir Tareen have been disqualified for life. A larger bench of Supreme Court announced the unanimous verdict regarding the period of disqualification under Article-62-1F of the Constitution on Friday. A four-member larger bench headed by Chief Justice of Pakistan JusticeÃâà...
Firstpost
April 13, 2018
Pakistan's Supreme Court ruled on Friday that the disqualification handed to former prime minister Nawaz Sharif in the Panama Papers case was for life, news channels reported. Sharif had resigned in July after the Supreme Court disqualified him from holding office in the Panama Papers case. File imageÃâà...
bdnews24.com
April 13, 2018
Sharif, 67, resigned in July after the Supreme Court disqualified him from holding office over an undeclared source of income, but the veteran leader maintains his grip on the ruling Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) party. Friday's ruling addressed an ambiguity over Sharif's disqualification andÃâà...
Geo News, Pakistan
April 13, 2018
Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) president and Punjab Chief Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Friday said former premier Nawaz Sharif does not need “any formal office to continue guiding his party and serving his people”. Shehbaz in a series of tweets commented on the historic Supreme Court rulingÃâà...
The Times
April 13, 2018
Pakistan's ousted prime minister Nawaz Sharif has been barred from ever holding public office by a supreme court ruling that jolts the political landscape before elections this summer. A five-member bench unanimously ruled that Mr Sharif's ban would be for life because he had already failed an “honestÃâà...
Telegraph.co.uk
April 13, 2018
Pakistan's supreme court Friday banned former prime minister Nawaz Sharif from participating in elections for life, as his embattled ruling party prepares for nationwide polls due later this year. The ruling was the latest in a series of blows to Mr Sharif who was ousted from the premiership over graftÃâà...
The News International (blog)
April 12, 2018
ISLAMABAD: Former prime minister Nawaz Sharif on Thursday said the nation wants to know the identities of the 40 people who assisted the Joint Investigation Team (JIT) that probed corruption allegations against him. Speaking to media outside the accountability court, he said 40 people including 30Ãâà...
ARY NEWS
March 25, 2018
LAHORE: Hours before the final Pakistan Super League (PSL) showdown at the National Stadium of Karachi, Maryam Nawaz, daughter of former premier Nawaz Sharif, took to Twitter to give the credit for the return of big-time cricket to her father. In a tweet, she said: “International cricket returns to KarachiÃâà...
The Express Tribune
March 25, 2018
PTI chief Imran Khan speaks with Reuters correspondents at his home in Bani Gala, outside Islamabad. PHOTO: REUTERS. Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chief Imran Khan on Sunday slammed recent comments from Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi in which the premier claimed that horse tradingÃâà...
Geo News, Pakistan
March 24, 2018
On February 27, the Central Working Committee of the PML-N met at the Sharif family residence in Model Town Lahore and elected former prime minister Nawaz Sharif as lifetime Quaid (leader) of the party. The CWC meeting was held after Nawaz Sharif was disqualified as the PML-N president followingÃâà...
The News International (blog)
March 24, 2018
Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi has said imprisonment would not be extraordinary thing for Nawaz Sharif as he has already spent time in prison. In and interview with a private news channel on Friday, he said the former prime minister was previously declared a hijacker and such a verdict againstÃâà...
Geo News, Pakistan
March 24, 2018
LONDON: National Assembly Speaker Ayaz Sadiq remarked that former prime minister Nawaz Sharif will never leave the country. While speaking to media on Saturday, the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz leader said that Nawaz Sharif will face everything that comes his way. “He [Nawaz] has continued toÃâà...
Times of India
March 23, 2018
ISLAMABAD: The anti-graft tribunal trying Pakistan's former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has rejected his request to travel to London to see his ailing wife, who has been in treatment there since last year. Sharif, along with his daughter, who is also accused of corruption, had appeared before the judge andÃâà...
Sky News
March 23, 2018
Ousted Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif blocked from visiting London. Nawaz Sharif denies corruption charges which surfaced after documents were leaked from a Panama law firm in 2016. 18:19, UK, Thursday 22 March 2018. The case against Sharif dates back to the Panama Papers in 2016. Image: The caseÃâà...
Economic Times
March 11, 2018
LAHORE: A shoe was hurled at Pakistan's ousted prime minister Nawaz Sharif by a religious extremist today during a function at an Islamic seminary in Lahore. The incident took place a day after religious extremist blackened the face of Pakistan's Foreign Minister Khwaja Asif with ink when he wasÃâà...
The Hindu
February 27, 2018
Pakistan's ruling party Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz) on Tuesday elected former prime minister Nawaz Sharif as its 'leader for life' days after the Supreme Court disqualified him as party head. The party nominated Sharif's younger brother Shahbaz Sharif for the post of acting President of the party.
Pakistan Observer
December 31, 1999
ISLAMABAD : Ex-prime minister Nawaz Sharif on Tuesday has said that Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) has been made for the people like Dr Amir Liaquat Hussain. Responding to a reporter's question at accountability court, Nawaz Sharif said he thanks to Allah that Amir Liaquat didn't join Pakistan Muslim League-NawazÃâà...
