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NEWS ABOUT: Muslim League

Muslim League stories: 9 news summaries

 Pakistan High Court 
 Lifts Ban on Sharif 

Two-time ex-PM will be allowed to contest elections

May 26, 09 6:40 AM CDT
(AP) - The 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... More »

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Pakistan • Pakistan Supreme Court • Nawaz Sharif • Muslim League • Pakistan Muslim League • Asif Ali Zardari

 US Envoys  
 Try to Defuse 
 Pakistan Crisis 

Obama administration holds talks as violence, protests continue

Mar 13, 09 8:31 AM CDT
(Newser) - The 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... More »

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Pakistan • Islamabad • Nawaz Sharif • Muslim League • Asif Ali Zardari • Pakistan lawyers • protesters • Richard Holbrooke

 Pakistan Protests 
 Escalate, Sharif 
 Alleges Death Threat 

Dozens beaten and arrested as 'long march' to Islamabad begins

Mar 12, 09 7:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - Pakistani 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... More »

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Pakistan • death threats • Nawaz Sharif • Muslim League • Asif Ali Zardari • Pakistan lawyers • Pakistan judges

Leaderless Pakistan Drifts Toward Chaos

Infighting, confusion imperil battle
against militants

Jun 24, 08 5:10 AM CDT
(Newser) - Four months after historic elections in Pakistan, the nation has descended into leaderless chaos, Western diplomats and military leaders believe. The void has serious consequences for fighting militants in Pakistan's lawless northwest on the border with Afghanistan, reports the New York Times. More »

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Pakistan • Muslim League • Pakistan military • Pakistan army • North West Frontier Province • Pakistan intelligence services

Nawaz Sharif Says He'll Run for Parliament

Ex-PM plots return to political power after election victory

Feb 27, 08 9:03 AM CST
(Newser) - Nawaz Sharif will stand in a special election for a vacant seat in Pakistan's parliament, he said yesterday, opening the way for his return to political power. The two-time prime minister, whose Muslim League is set to form a coalition government with Benazir Bhutto's Pakistan People's Party after last week's... More »

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Pakistan • Pervez Musharraf • Benazir Bhutto • Nawaz Sharif • Muslim League • Pakistan People's Party • prime minister • Pakistan elections • Makhdoom Amin Fahim • Pakistan coalition talks

Musharraf Pushes Swiss to Prosecute Foe

Alleges Bhutto widower stashed $55M in Swiss bank account

Feb 21, 08 10:37 AM CST
(Newser) - As the battle to control Pakistan heats up, President Pervez Musharraf's lawyers have asked the Swiss government to prosecute Asif Ali Zardari over decade-old corruption charges. Zardari, the widower of Benazir Bhutto and leader of the victorious Pakistan People's Party, is charged with hiding $55 million in kickbacks in a... More »

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Pakistan • Pervez Musharraf • Switzerland • corruption • Benazir Bhutto • Nawaz Sharif • Muslim League • Pakistan People's Party • Pakistan elections • Asif Ali Zardari

Mass Rigging Charged Ahead of Pakistan Vote

Bhutto's party appears unstoppable but some fear fraud will rob victory

Feb 15, 08 5:31 AM CST
(Newser) - Pakistan's postponed parliamentary elections will finally take place on Monday, but allegations are flying that Pervez Musharraf's party has already rigged the vote. Pakistan's intelligence agencies have "pre-stuffed" ballot boxes, confiscated voter ID cards, and appointed party apparatchiks in key rural constituencies, a retired senior intelligence officer told the... More »

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Pakistan • Pervez Musharraf • Benazir Bhutto • Nawaz Sharif • Muslim League • Pakistan People's Party • Pakistan elections • Asif Ali Zardari

Gunbattle at Pakistan Political Rally

4 dead after Musharraf supporters open fire
at Sharif event

Dec 27, 07 6:41 AM CST
(Newser) - A gunbattle erupted at a political rally near Islamabad today between supporters of President Pervez Musharraf and former prime minister Nawaz Sharif, leaving four dead and three wounded. The shooting was the worst violence so far in the run-up to January's parliamentary election. Sharif was only a mile away when... More »

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Pakistan • Pervez Musharraf • Nawaz Sharif • Muslim League

Exiled Ex-PM Allowed to Return to Pakistan

Court ruling another blow to Musharraf

Aug 23, 07 10:20 AM CDT
(Newser) - Former PM Nawaz Sharif may return to Pakistan from exile, the country’s Supreme Court ruled today, dealing another blow president Pervez Musharraf. Sharif had already declared his intentions to challenge the "dictatorship" of Musharraf, who deposed Sharif in a 1999 coup, in upcoming elections. But Sharif, the BBC... More »

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