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Pakistan rounds up supporters of Sharif ahead of his return from exile
The Canadian Press - ISLAMABAD, Pakistan
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) -- Police manned roadblocks and rounded up supporters of former prime minister Nawaz Sharif who left London on Sunday after seven ...
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Flight into Danger
Times Online - UK
Eight years ago Nawaz Sharif was removed from power in Pakistan after denying landing rights to an airliner, circling over Karachi, carrying the army ...
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Sharif's Lahore estate awaits homecoming
Indian Express - New Delhi,India
... as it awaits the return of former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and his brother Shabaz, who are set to arrive on Monday ending their seven-year exile. ...
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Benazir defends talks with Gen, takes potshots at Sharif
Indian Express - New Delhi,India
PTI Islamabad, September 9 : The rivalry between exiled former prime ministers Benazir Bhutto and Nawaz Sharif took a new turn with the PPP chief urging the ...
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Sharif changes plans, boards direct PIA flight to Islamabad
Times of India - India
LONDON: Former premier Nawaz Sharif commenced his return to Pakistan after a seven-year exile when he boarded a scheduled direct Pakistan International ...
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Pro-Sharif parties 'risk martial law'
Gulf News - Dubai,United Arab Emirates
By Wajid Ali Wajid, Correspondent Islamabad: The Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) yesterday welcomed the return of former prime minister Nawaz Sharif but ...
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Steps taken to ensure safety around airport on arrival of Nawaz ...
Associated Press of Pakistan - Pakistan
To a question he said Nawaz Sharif kept the party workers in dark about the agreement and has been persistently denying about the presence of any deal. ...
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Nawaz Sharif determined to return home on September 10
Associated Press of Pakistan - Pakistan
LONDON, Sept 8 (APP): PML-N leader and former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Saturday expressed his determination to return home as announced on September ...
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Pakistan Strengthens Security Ahead of Former Prime Minister's Return
Voice of America - USA
By Daniel Schearf Pakistan has tightened security at all major airports and banned rallies one day before the arrival of former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, ...
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Gitmo Panels Struggle to Assess Facts
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Al-Zarnuki, a Yemeni who was arrested in Pakistan, had repeatedly denied ever being in Afghanistan. "As I had said before, I don't know Afghanistan," ...
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An American Journeys into Pakistan
ABC News - USA
Pakistan is locked in a battle with itself between modern and fundamentalist forces. Religion was fostered here in the 1980s as a means to recruit soldiers ...
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Pakistan holds Sharif supporters
Aljazeera.net - Qatar
Thousands of supporters of Nawaz Sharif, Pakistan's ex-prime minister, have reportedly been detained by security forces ahead of his expected return to the ...
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Nawaz Sharif to land at 1145 hours at Islamabad Airport
Associated Press of Pakistan - Pakistan
ISLAMABAD, Sep 9 (APP): Former Prime Minister Mian Nawaz Sharif and his brother Shahbaz Sharif will arrive at Islamabad Airport at 1145 hours by Gulf ...
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Nawaz Sharif plans to expose Musharraf in and out and show the ...
India Daily - Whitehouse Station,NJ,USA
Maintaining that Pervez Musharraf was behind the 1999 Pakistani aggression in Kargil without his knowledge, former Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sherif ...
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Pakistan tell Shoaib to 'shut up'
BBC Sport - UK
Shoaib Akhtar has been told to keep quiet about the incident with Mohammad Asif which saw the paceman thrown out of Pakistan's World Twenty20 squad. ...
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Pakistan a breeding ground for Taliban bombers, says UN
Sydney Morning Herald - Sydney,New South Wales,Australia
MORE than 80 per cent of suicide bombers in Afghanistan are recruited and trained in Pakistan, the United Nations says in a report that shows attacks at ...
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Butt and Hafeez see Pakistan home
Independent Online - Cape Town,South Africa
An opening stand of 94 between Salman Butt and Mohammad Hafeez put Pakistan on track for a comfortable five wicket win over Sri Lanka in their ICC World ...
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Germans hunt 49 in 'Fritz the Taliban' terror plot
Times Online - UK
He attended a Taliban training camp on Afghanistan's border with Pakistan in March 2006, returning to Germany to study engineering. ...
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Pakistan Tightens Security for Sharif's Return
Washington Post - United States
By Griff Witte ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, Sept. 9 -- On Oct. 12, 1999, Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif refused landing rights to a plane carrying his army ...
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Musharraf 'will deport Sharif when he lands in Pakistan'
Times Online - UK
Pakistani authorities are expected to deport Nawaz Sharif, the exiled former Prime Minister, back to Saudi Arabia as soon as he returns to Pakistan tomorrow ...
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Pakistan on alert for Sharif showdown
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ISLAMABAD (AFP) -- Pakistan put airports on high alert and detained hundreds of opposition activists Sunday as exiled former premier Nawaz Sharif prepared to ...
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Do not use my father's name, Benazir tells Sharif
Hindu - Chennai,India
9 (PTI): The rivalry between exiled former prime ministers Benazir Bhutto and Nawaz Sharif took a 'personal' touch with the PPP chief urging the PML-N ...
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Nawaz Sharif slams Musharraf
NDTV.com - New Delhi,India
The Pakistan government has threatened to deport Nawaz Sharif if he returns to the country on Monday, but the defiant former Prime Minister has stuck to his ...
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Airport area to be sealed on arrival of Nawaz Sharif
Khabrein.info - New Delhi,Delhi,India
ISLAMABAD, September 9: (Geo.tv) On the arrival of former prime minister and the PML (N) chief, Mian Nawaz Sharif in Islamabad, the five km part of the area ...
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Sharif to leave London today, Pak airports on 'high alert'
Malaysia Sun - Malaysia
Meanwhile, the Pakistan Government has decided to arrest Nawaz Sharif and his brother Shahbaz Sharif when they land in Islamabad tomorrow. ...
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'Sharif's return may begin a dangerous phase of confrontation'
DailyIndia.com - Jacksonville,FL,USA
Islamabad, Sept 9: Former Prime Minister of Pakistan, Nawaz Sharif, is all set to return from London on Monday but the day could mark a new 'dangerous' ...
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Pakistan Detains About 2000 Supporters of Sharif, Aide Says
Bloomberg - USA
9 (Bloomberg) -- Authorities in Pakistan have detained about 2000 supporters of exiled former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on the eve of his planned return, ...
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Pakistan's Musharraf scrambles to retain his grip on power
Kansas City Star - MO,USA
Her Pakistan People's Party and the government have been negotiating an arrangement for her party to throw its support behind Musharraf's presidential bid. ...
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Pakistan troops kill 10 militants
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WANA, Pakistan (AFP) -- Pakistani troops killed 10 Islamic militants who ambushed an army convoy in a tribal region near the Afghan border, officials said ...
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Reconstituted al-Qaida Proves an Elusive Foe
Seattle Times - United States
In December 2001, instead of blocking Osama bin Laden's escape from Tora Bora, an Afghan warlord let him slip into Pakistan's tribal region. ...
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Pakistan braces for return of defiant Sharif
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ISLAMABAD (AFP) -- Pakistan's government braced Sunday for a showdown with former premier Nawaz Sharif as the man ousted by President Pervez Musharraf in ...
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Chaos over Sharif's return 'a sorry spectacle'
Sify - Taramani,Chennai,India
Islamabad: Pakistan faces its stiffest challenge come Monday with the expected return from exile of former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif. ...
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Sharif admits he 'let down' Vajpayee during Kargil episode
Hindustan Times - India
PTI On the eve of his return home, former Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has vowed to set up a commission if elected to power to fix responsibility ...
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PPP seeks details of deal Nawaz signed with Saudi Arabia
Pakistan Dawn - Karachi,Pakistan
By Our Political Correspondent LAHORE, Sept 8: PPP Information Secretary Sherry Rehman says PML-N leader Nawaz Sharif has finally admitted that he had left ...
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Nawaz Sharif all set to return to Pak
Expressindia.com - New Delhi,India
London/Islamabad, September 9: Defying last-minute pressure from Saudi Arabia not to return to Pakistan, former Premier Nawaz Sharif is set to arrive in ...
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PML-N warns govt, police officials
Pakistan Dawn - Karachi,Pakistan
He refuted Gen Musharraf's claim that Nawaz Sharif was begging to go abroad. He said the former prime minister was in Attock jail where Saad Hariri himself ...
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US urges Nawaz, Benazir to honour 'terms of law'
Pakistan Dawn - Karachi,Pakistan
By Anwar Iqbal WASHINGTON, Sept 8: The US State Department has urged former prime ministers Nawaz Sharif and Benazir Bhutto to honour the terms of Pakistani ...
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Pakistan's former leader to return home a hero
Houston Chronicle - United States
By KIM BARKER ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN -- When a demoralized Nawaz Sharif fled his country seven years ago, he traded prison for exile and left behind a ...
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Sohail called into Pakistan squad
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Left-arm paceman Sohail Tanvir has been confirmed as Shoaib Akhtar's replacement in the Pakistan squad for the inaugural World Twenty20. ...
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Most Afghanistan Suicide Bombers Trained in Pakistan (Update1)
Bloomberg - USA
9 (Bloomberg) -- More than 80 percent of suicide bombers staging attacks in Afghanistan are trained, recruited or sheltered in neighboring Pakistan, ...
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German suspects had deadline for attacks-report
Reuters India - Mumbai,India
Officials have said all three had trained in militant camps in Pakistan before forming a domestic cell of the "Islamic Jihad Union" -- a little known al ...
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Attack threat from another candidate
Pakistan Dawn - Karachi,Pakistan
By Our Correspondent WASHINGTON, Sept 8: John Edwards, another Democratic presidential candidate, has said he would send US troops into Pakistan to target ...
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Emirates Telecom says may double Pakistan stake
Reuters India - Mumbai,India
(Etisalat) said on Sunday it was considering doubling its stake in Pakistan Telecommunications Co. to 51 percent. "We are evaluating that option and once ...
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Briefing: Sharif vows to regain leadership of Pakistan
Independent - London,England,UK
By Andrew Buncombe Nawaz Sharif, who twice served as Pakistan's prime minister only to be ousted in 1999 by a coup led by General Pervez Musharraf, ...
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Pakistan: Sharif Returns From Exile
Newsweek - USA
17, 2007 issue - In 1999, during his scandal-plagued second term as prime minister of Pakistan, Nawaz Sharif tried to sack his Army chief, Gen. ...
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Hundreds detained in Pakistan ahead of Sharif's return
Hindustan Times - India
Pakistani police detained hundreds of opposition workers on Saturday and banned rallies two days before former premier Nawaz Sharif was due to arrive home ...
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Pakistan's exiled former PM Sharif says he will return to Pakistan
International Herald Tribune - France
AP LONDON: Pakistan's exiled former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif plans to return home Monday to campaign against its military ruler, defying last-minute ...
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Preparations in full swing for Sharif brothers' reception
The News - International - Pakistan
By By Jawwad Rizvi LAHORE: Preparations to receive former prime minister Nawaz Sharif and his family are in full swing at their farm house at Jati Umra and ...
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Parties warn of clashes if Sharifs
The Statesman - Kolkata,India
8: The All Parties Democratic Movement (APDM) has warned the government of countrywide clashes if deposed Prime Minister Mr Nawaz Sharif and his brother are ...
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Saudis ask Sharif not to return to Pakistan
Malaysia Sun - Malaysia
Former Pakistani prime minister Nawaz Sharif says he will still return to his homeland early next week despite being asked not to by Saudi Arabian ...
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PML (Q) rejects any deal with Benazir, wants SharifsâEURO(tm) Return
PakTribune.com - Pakistan
While talking to journalists after the meeting held at the PML (Q) secretariat on Saturday, PML (Q) president Chaudhry Shujaat vowed to face Nawaz Sharif ...
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Sharif pledges to return to Pakistan despite pressure
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Sharif is set to return to Pakistan Monday after winning a Supreme Court battle in August which cleared the way for him to go back with his brother, ...
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Ex-Premier Sharif Plans to Return to Pakistan (Update1)
Bloomberg - USA
8 (Bloomberg) -- Pakistan's former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif said he intends to return to the country Sept. 10 and warned President Pervez Musharraf not ...
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'US would invade Pakistan to eradicate terror cells'
Times of India - India
If we have actionable intelligence about imminent terrorist activity and the Pakistan government refuses to act, we will," Edwards said at a campaign rally ...
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Sharif's party criticises Govt
Hindu - Chennai,India
8 (PTI): As Saudi Arabia and Lebanon mounted pressure on Nawaz Sharif to give up his plan to return to Pakistan from exile, his party today accused the ...
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Pakistan's Sharif Returning to Mix
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ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) -- Nawaz Sharif's expected return from exile will reintroduce to Pakistani politics a power broker who champions democracy but has ...
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'Sharif to be deported if he returns'
Central Chronicle - Bhopal,India
Islamabad, Sept 8: Deposed Premier Nawaz Sharif, who has vowed to return home along with his brother on September 10 after a seven-year exile, ...
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Nawaz Sharif: under agreement he had to live in exile for 5 years
Khabrein.info - New Delhi,Delhi,India
However, Nawaz Sharif reiterated one gain that he along with his brother Shahbaz Sharif will return to Pakistan on September 10 at any cost. ...
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Pakistan airports 'on high alert'
BBC News - UK
Pakistan's airports have been placed on highest alert, with the threat of a terror attack imminent, officials say. The government has also banned gatherings ...
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Akhtar says he accidentally struck Asif with a bat during a fight ...
International Herald Tribune - France
AP LAHORE, Pakistan: Controversial Pakistani cricketer Shoaib Akhtar said Saturday he accidentally hit fellow fast bowler Mohammad Asif with a bat during a ...
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Crunch-time
Business Standard - India
The balloon has started to go up in Pakistan, where elections are due in two months. When (or if) they are held, they will see the end of President Pervez ...
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Assemblies completing constitutional term first time in history of ...
Associated Press of Pakistan - Pakistan
ISLAMABAD, Sep 8 (APP): Chief Justice Iftikkhar Muhammad Chaudhry said Saturday that for the first time in the history of Pakistan sitting assemblies will ...
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Pak, Saudi Arabia urge Sharif not to return home
Times of India - India
"We are sincerely hoping that his Nawaz Sharif honours that agreement," Prince Muqrin bin Abdulaziz Al Saud told reporters outside Musharraf's office. ...
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Nawaz Sharif bound by agreement not to return before completion of ...
Associated Press of Pakistan - Pakistan
RAWALPINDI, Sep 8 (APP): Saudi Arabia Saturday categorically stated that the former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif was bound under the agreement, he concluded ...
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