ISLAMABAD, Pakistan -- The leader of the main opposition party called on Wednesday for an independent inquiry into why the Pakistani Army had no knowledge of the American raid that killed Osama bin Laden. The demand by Nawaz Sharif, the head of the party, the Pakistan Muslim League-N, for an independent judicial commission to report to the public...
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan -- Pakistan's governing party patched its coalition government back together on Friday, barely holding onto power, but at a price that officials in Washington had feared: the collapse of reforms critical to stabilizing the nation's economy. The bargain underscored an increasingly urgent problem for both Pakistan and its...
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan -- The Pakistani military, angered by the inept handling of the country's devastating floods and alarmed by a collapse of the economy, is pushing for a shake-up of the elected government, and in the longer term, even the removal of President Asif Ali Zardari and his top lieutenants. The military, preoccupied by a war against...
Han var landets premierminister i 1990-1993, 1993, og 1997-1999. I 1999 blev han styrtet ved et militærkup af Pervez Musharraf.
Sharif hører til blandt Pakistans rigeste mænd.