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In Pakistan, Former Prime Minister Sharif Registers for Polls (Washington Post)
read story   Mon, 26 Nov 2007 16:57:34 GMT
LAHORE, Pakistan, Nov. 26 -- Former prime minister Nawaz Sharif, who returned home Sunday night after seven years in exile, filed his candidacy for parliament here Monday but said he might boycott elections in January if the military government does not lift emergency rule and restore deposed senior...
Sharif registers for Pakistan polls (AP via Yahoo! News)
read story   Mon, 26 Nov 2007 16:50:41 GMT
Ousted Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Monday registered to run in Pakistan's parliamentary elections next month, while President Gen. Pervez Musharraf prepared to step down as army chief and be sworn in as its civilian leader.
Pakistan's Musharraf 'to become civilian ruler Thursday' (AFP via Yahoo! News)
read story   Mon, 26 Nov 2007 16:33:12 GMT
Pakistan's Pervez Musharraf will take an oath of office as civilian president Thursday after quitting as army chief, his spokesman said, giving the first official schedule for the end of military rule.
What Sharif's Return Means to Pakistan (Time Magazine)
read story   Mon, 26 Nov 2007 14:49:04 GMT
Analysis: Pakistan's future may depend on how well the ex-Prime Minister and oppositionist Benazir Bhutto get along
Indian film scores first "Goal" in Pakistan (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
read story   Mon, 26 Nov 2007 13:09:43 GMT
An Indian film will be released officially Friday in Pakistan, a first for two countries that have banned each other's films for more than three decades.
Sharif joins Pakistan's election battlefield (AFP via Yahoo! News)
read story   Mon, 26 Nov 2007 12:26:42 GMT
Former premier Nawaz Sharif applied to stand in Pakistan's general elections Monday and vowed that he would never work in government under President Pervez Musharraf.
Pakistan's Sharif joins election battlefield (AFP via Yahoo! News)
read story   Mon, 26 Nov 2007 11:03:00 GMT
Pakistan's ex-premier Nawaz Sharif plotted tactics with key aides Monday as he sought to capitalise on his hero's welcome home from exile to spur opposition to President Pervez Musharraf.
Pakistan: a new Sharif in town (The Christian Science Monitor via Yahoo! News)
read story   Mon, 26 Nov 2007 08:00:00 GMT
The return Sunday of former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, who ended eight years of exile just one day before the deadline to register for parliamentary elections, adds a powerful wild card that could bring either political stability or continued discord to Pakistan in the run-up to the January vote, analysts say.
Sharif to register for Pakistan polls (AP via Yahoo! News)
read story   Mon, 26 Nov 2007 08:55:35 GMT
Former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif prepared to meet a Monday deadline to register for Pakistan's key January parliamentary elections, a day after he returned from exile to an ecstatic welcome from thousands of his supporters.
Sharif Returns to Pakistan (New York Times)
read story   Mon, 26 Nov 2007 06:07:51 GMT
Supporters of Former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif held a poster of him aloft, right, in celebration of his return to Pakistan from exile on Sunday.