<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Nawaz Sharif: News &amp; Videos about Nawaz Sharif - CNN.com</title><link>http://topics.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/Nawaz_Sharif</link><description>Find stories, videos, and photos about Nawaz Sharif from CNN.com.</description><language>en-us</language><copyright>Cable News Network LP, LLLP.</copyright><pubDate>Thu, 26 Nov 2009 04:02:42 GMT</pubDate><ttl>5</ttl><image><title>Nawaz Sharif: News &amp; Videos about Nawaz Sharif - CNN.com</title><url>http://i.cdn.turner.com/cnn/.element/img/1.0/logo/cnn.logo.rss.gif</url><link>http://topics.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/Nawaz_Sharif</link><width>144</width><height>33</height><description>Find stories, videos, and photos about Nawaz Sharif from CNN.com.</description></image><item><title>Pakistan's high court acquits former prime minister</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/07/17/pakistan.sharif.acquitted/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/07/17/pakistan.sharif.acquitted/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Pakistan's high court acquitted former prime minister Nawaz Sharif of hijacking charges Friday, paving the way for another run for office.</description><pubDate>Fri, 17 Jul 2009 11:07:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Pakistan's top court allows Nawaz Sharif to run for political office</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/05/26/pakistan.court.sharif/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/05/26/pakistan.court.sharif/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Pakistan's Supreme Court overturned its ban on opposition leader Nawaz Sharif and his brother, allowing both men to run for political office, a court representative told CNN Tuesday.</description><pubDate>Tue, 26 May 2009 11:43:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Lawyers arrested protesting Pakistan firings</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/03/12/pakistan.march/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/03/12/pakistan.march/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Police in Pakistan arrested lawyers holding a public protest to demand that the government immediately restore judges the previous president had ousted, Karachi's police chief told CNN Thursday.</description><pubDate>Thu, 12 Mar 2009 16:09:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Opposition leader ban sparks Pakistan protests</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/02/26/pakistan.protests/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/02/26/pakistan.protests/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Supporters of Pakistani opposition leader Nawaz Sharif took to the streets Thursday, burning cars and damaging shops, after the Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that he and his brother cannot hold elected office.</description><pubDate>Thu, 26 Feb 2009 13:29:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Bombings Put Pressure on Pakistani Politicians
</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1848587,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1848587,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>Once allergic to being tied to Washington's war on terror, the country's targeted political class is beginning to see it as their own struggle</description><pubDate>Thu, 09 Oct 2008 15:00:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Judges return as Pakistan prepares for polls</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/09/05/pakistan.judges/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/09/05/pakistan.judges/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Three top judges whose ousting by former President Pervez Musharraf sparked months of unrest and political fighting in Pakistan were reinstated on Friday.</description><pubDate>Fri, 05 Sep 2008 15:57:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Picking Up the Pieces in Pakistan
 
</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1835874,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1835874,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>Just a week after ousting former President Pervez Musharraf, the coalition government of Pakistan breaks up. Now what?</description><pubDate>Mon, 25 Aug 2008 20:00:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Pakistan's Ruling Coalition Collapses</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1835814,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1835814,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>Pakistan's ruling coalition collapsed Monday, torn apart by internal bickering just a week after Pervez Musharraf's ouster and underscoring fears that the government would be distracted from its fight against Islamic extremists</description><pubDate>Mon, 25 Aug 2008 18:30:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Sharif withdraws party from Pakistan ruling coalition</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/08/25/pakistan.politics.coalition/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/08/25/pakistan.politics.coalition/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Pakistan's ruling coalition split on Monday after former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif withdrew his party and vowed to nominate a rival presidential candidate.</description><pubDate>Mon, 25 Aug 2008 14:50:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Bhutto's widower offered presidential place</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/08/22/pakistan.judges/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/08/22/pakistan.judges/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>The party of assassinated Benazir Bhutto has nominated her widower to be Pakistan's next president, a party spokesman said Friday.</description><pubDate>Fri, 22 Aug 2008 16:27:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>The US and Democracy in Pakistan
</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1833978,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1833978,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>Viewpoint: Military dictators have been Washington's preferred interlocutors in Islamabad. But they can't get the job done
</description><pubDate>Wed, 20 Aug 2008 18:25:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Coalition charts Pakistan's future</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/08/19/pakistan.nextstep/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/08/19/pakistan.nextstep/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Leaders of Pakistan's ruling coalition were meeting Tuesday to discuss who will replace President Pervez Musharraf, who resigned Monday.</description><pubDate>Tue, 19 Aug 2008 22:59:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Musharraf in the Crosshairs</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1830353,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1830353,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>Pakistan's embattled president now faces impeachment charges, and with his often warring opponents closing ranks against him, the prospects for his survival don't look good</description><pubDate>Thu, 07 Aug 2008 18:00:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Sharif Rebuffs US Official's Comment</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1819956,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1819956,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>Former prime minister Nawaz Sharif on Thursday rebuffed a senior U.S. official for saying that Pakistan should focus on food prices and militancy rather than the fate of President Pervez Musharraf</description><pubDate>Thu, 03 Jul 2008 10:10:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Khan: Bhutto's widower is protecting Musharraf</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/06/10/khan.pakistan/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/06/10/khan.pakistan/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Benazir Bhutto's widower is protecting Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf, despite accusing him of having an indirect role in her assassination last year, a prominent politician in Pakistan has said.</description><pubDate>Tue, 10 Jun 2008 16:43:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Pakistan coalition crumbles as ministers resign</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/05/13/pakistan.coalition/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/05/13/pakistan.coalition/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>The junior partner in Pakistan's fragile coalition quit the government Tuesday, saying it has not delivered on a promise to restore judges that President Pervez Musharraf fired. </description><pubDate>Wed, 14 May 2008 14:17:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Why Pakistan's Government Collapsed</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1739383,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1739383,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>Failure to agree on reinstating sacked judges may reveal a deeper schism over how to handle President Musharraf
</description><pubDate>Mon, 12 May 2008 18:00:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Pakistan Ex-PM Party Quits Cabinet</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1739339,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1739339,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>Ex-Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif announced Monday that his party was
 withdrawing from the cabinet, raising doubts over the government's
 stability and Pakistan's transition to democracy after eight years
 of military rule</description><pubDate>Mon, 12 May 2008 16:00:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Fired Pakistan judges getting jobs back</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/05/02/pakistan.judge.deadline/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/05/02/pakistan.judge.deadline/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Former Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif said Friday that the ruling coalition on May 12 will reinstate judges who were ousted by President Pervez Musharraf last year.</description><pubDate>Fri, 02 May 2008 15:08:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Pakistan promises 'good news' on ousted judges</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/05/01/pakistan.judges/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/05/01/pakistan.judges/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Pakistan's new government plans to announce Friday how and when it will restore dozens of judges who were ousted last year by President Pervez Musharraf.</description><pubDate>Thu, 01 May 2008 15:49:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Will a Coalition Mean Musharraf's End?
 
 
</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1720895,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1720895,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>Two rival parties have united against Pakistan's unpopular President, signaling that the battlefield has changed</description><pubDate>Mon, 10 Mar 2008 18:00:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Sharif plans to contest Pakistan by-elections</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/02/26/pakistan.opposition/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/02/26/pakistan.opposition/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Pakistani opposition leader Nawaz Sharif, who was banned from taking part in last week's elections because of criminal convictions, is planning to contest the by-elections.</description><pubDate>Tue, 26 Feb 2008 21:43:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Pakistan leaders agree on coalition</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/02/21/pakistan/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/02/21/pakistan/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Two leading figures in Pakistani politics said Thursday their parties will work together in the national parliament after scoring big wins in elections earlier this week.</description><pubDate>Thu, 21 Feb 2008 23:59:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Musharraf faces call to resign</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/02/19/pakistan/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/02/19/pakistan/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>The ruling party of Pakistan's Pervez Musharraf admitted defeat in parliamentary elections Tuesday, and one senior opposition leader said it was time for the president to step down.</description><pubDate>Wed, 20 Feb 2008 00:50:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Pakistan opposition see gains</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/02/18/pakistan/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/02/18/pakistan/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>One day after a pivotal vote that will determine Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf's political viability, early returns on Tuesday showed gains for the opposition parties of former Prime Ministers Nawaz Sharif and the slain Benazir Bhutto.</description><pubDate>Tue, 19 Feb 2008 04:08:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Pakistan's Opposition Holds Its Breath</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1714238,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1714238,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>Initial reports appear to show Musharraf's opponents ahead, but it's a nerve-wracking path before anything is official</description><pubDate>Mon, 18 Feb 2008 18:20:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Pakistan official disputes tape</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/02/15/pakistan/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/02/15/pakistan/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Pakistan's attorney general said that Monday's parliamentary election will be "massively rigged," according to what Human Rights Watch says is an audio recording it obtained. </description><pubDate>Mon, 18 Feb 2008 10:56:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>In Pakistan politics, symbolism matters</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/02/16/pakistan.symbols/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/02/16/pakistan.symbols/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Athlas Khan says he wants to vote for people who are honest in Pakistan's upcoming general elections. Sporting a warm smile from under his turban, the elderly rickshaw driver adds that he wants to vote for those who are working for Allah and Prophet Mohammad.</description><pubDate>Mon, 18 Feb 2008 06:45:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Pakistan boosts security for election</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/02/12/pakistan.election/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/02/12/pakistan.election/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Pakistan's government is beefing up security for a "fair, transparent and peaceful" parliamentary election on Monday, a Pakistani government spokesman said.</description><pubDate>Fri, 15 Feb 2008 17:17:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Decision on Pakistan election delayed; new video emerges </title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/12/31/pakistan/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/12/31/pakistan/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Pakistan's Central Election Commission said Monday that a decision is expected Tuesday on whether to hold parliamentary elections as scheduled on January 8.</description><pubDate>Fri, 15 Feb 2008 17:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Benazir Bhutto assassinated</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/12/27/pakistan.bhutto/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/12/27/pakistan.bhutto/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Pakistan's former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto was assassinated Thursday after addressing a large gathering of her supporters.</description><pubDate>Fri, 28 Dec 2007 08:30:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Pakistan After Bhutto
</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1698698,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1698698,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>With a Jan. 8 election now clouded with uncertainty, Benazir Bhutto's assassination  threatens to fracture the country
</description><pubDate>Fri, 28 Dec 2007 08:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Sharif to Boycott Pakistan Elections</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1698544,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1698544,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>Pakistani opposition leader Nawaz Sharif announced Thursday his party was boycotting next month's elections following the assassination of Benazir Bhutto</description><pubDate>Thu, 27 Dec 2007 19:20:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>And Sharif Makes Three in Pakistan</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1693155,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1693155,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>Nawaz Sharif's party joins the elections. But who benefits now that he, Bhutto and Musharraf maneuver for supremacy?</description><pubDate>Mon, 10 Dec 2007 17:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Sharif's Party to Contest Elections</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1693001,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1693001,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>Former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif's opposition party decided Sunday to run in next month's parliamentary elections, a move that may encourage other members of Pakistan's largest opposition coalition to participate</description><pubDate>Sun, 09 Dec 2007 22:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Power Over Principle in Pakistan</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1691874,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1691874,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>Nawaz Sharif and Benazir Bhutto flirt with the idea of boycotting January's election to protest Musharraf's emergency rule, but the allure of office may be too great to resist
</description><pubDate>Thu, 06 Dec 2007 18:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Lawyers protest in Pakistan</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/europe/12/06/pakistan.crisis/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/europe/12/06/pakistan.crisis/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Scores of lawyers rallied outside the house of Pakistan's ousted chief justice to demand his reinstatement on Thursday in the latest demonstration against emergency measures imposed by the country's crisis-hit president.</description><pubDate>Thu, 06 Dec 2007 11:27:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Sharif's candidacy papers rejected</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/12/03/sharif.vote/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/12/03/sharif.vote/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Pakistan election officials on Monday disqualified opposition party leader and former former prime minister Nawaz Sharif from participating in January parliamentary elections.</description><pubDate>Mon, 03 Dec 2007 12:58:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Musharraf Sets a New Deadline</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1689128,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1689128,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>The newly civilian President has scheduled a Dec. 16 end to military rule, a move that puts his rivals, Nawaz Sharif and Benazir Bhutto, in a tight spot</description><pubDate>Thu, 29 Nov 2007 18:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Musharraf steps down as army chief</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/11/28/pakistan.musharraf/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/11/28/pakistan.musharraf/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf stepped down as the country's military leader Wednesday, the day before he was to be sworn in for a third presidential term -- as a civilian.</description><pubDate>Wed, 28 Nov 2007 15:47:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Nawaz Sharif arrives in Pakistan</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/11/25/pakistan.sharif/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/11/25/pakistan.sharif/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Former Pakistani prime minister and opposition figure Nawaz Sharif arrived in Pakistan's second-largest city Sunday, where he plans to end seven years in exile and directly participate in upcoming elections.</description><pubDate>Wed, 28 Nov 2007 06:20:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Musharraf to quit army 'this week'</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/11/26/pakistan.sharif/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/11/26/pakistan.sharif/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Pakistan's President Pervez Musharraf, under pressure to end a state of emergency that critics say he is using to keep his grip on power, will step down as the country's military leader on Wednesday, his spokesman said. </description><pubDate>Tue, 27 Nov 2007 16:31:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>What Sharif's Return Means to Pakistan</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1687442,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1687442,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>Analysis: Pakistan's future may depend on how well the ex-Prime Minister and oppositionist  Benazir Bhutto get along</description><pubDate>Mon, 26 Nov 2007 14:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Nawaz Sharif Returns to Pakistan</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1687318,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1687318,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>Exiled former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif returned home to a hero's welcome Sunday and called on President Gen. Pervez Musharraf to end emergency rule before elections</description><pubDate>Sun, 25 Nov 2007 16:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Police crack down as former PM prepares to return to Pakistan</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/11/24/pakistan.sharif/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/11/24/pakistan.sharif/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>As Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf was confirmed for a third term Saturday, the prime minister he overthrew in 1999 announced his plans to return home Sunday.</description><pubDate>Sun, 25 Nov 2007 03:20:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Sharif set to return to Pakistan</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/11/24/pakistan/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/11/24/pakistan/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Former Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif will try to return to Pakistan on Sunday, his second attempt since September, CNN has confirmed.</description><pubDate>Sat, 24 Nov 2007 09:41:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Pakistan frees some detainees, sets election date</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/11/20/pakistan.crisis/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/11/20/pakistan.crisis/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Elections for Pakistan's national assembly and its four provincial assemblies have been scheduled for January 8, and thousands of people jailed under emergency rule reportedly have been released, officials said Tuesday.</description><pubDate>Tue, 20 Nov 2007 18:10:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Musharraf's Sign of Weakness</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1664712,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1664712,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>A rash of arrests in the run-up to planned elections has Pakistan wondering if the President's hold on power is slipping
</description><pubDate>Mon, 24 Sep 2007 06:00:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Ex-PM Bhutto names return date</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/09/14/pakistan.bhutto/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/09/14/pakistan.bhutto/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto, who has been living in exile since 1999, says she plans to return to her country on October 18.</description><pubDate>Sat, 15 Sep 2007 01:11:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Lights, Camera, Bhutto!</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1662067,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1662067,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>Pakistan's exiled leader makes a tightly choreographed announcement of her comeback. But a new political factor awaits her: an unleashed media</description><pubDate>Fri, 14 Sep 2007 18:00:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Bhutto Returning to Pakistan</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1661954,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1661954,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>Former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto will return to Pakistan from an eight-year exile on Oct. 18, her party said Friday, although she will likely face corruption charges</description><pubDate>Fri, 14 Sep 2007 15:00:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Sharif return ends in deportation</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/09/10/pakistan.sharif/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/09/10/pakistan.sharif/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Former Pakistani Prime Minister and opposition party leader Nawaz Sharif's attempt to return to Pakistan after seven years in exile ended quickly Monday as police ordered him to board a flight for Saudi Arabia, government officials said.</description><pubDate>Mon, 10 Sep 2007 15:32:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>A Musharraf Foe's Aborted Return</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1660390,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1660390,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>Ex-PM Nawaz Sharif is bundled out of Pakistan as soon as he arrives. But it may mean more trouble for Musharraf</description><pubDate>Mon, 10 Sep 2007 14:55:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Sharif arrives in Pakistan</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/09/09/pakistan.sharif/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/09/09/pakistan.sharif/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>The plane carrying former Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif landed at the Islamabad airport Monday morning, marking a return to the country from which he was driven into exile for seven years.</description><pubDate>Mon, 10 Sep 2007 04:55:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Musharraf in a Tight Spot</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1659963,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1659963,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>The imminent homecoming of the Prime Minister he deposed is the latest challenge to the Pakistani President</description><pubDate>Fri, 07 Sep 2007 15:00:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Pakistan reopens corruption cases against Sharif</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/09/07/pakistan.sharif.ap/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/09/07/pakistan.sharif.ap/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>The government has reopened corruption cases against former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, and a court on Friday ordered the arrest of his younger brother ahead of their planned return home from exile next week, lawyers said.</description><pubDate>Fri, 07 Sep 2007 09:41:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Assault on Musharraf's Power Base</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1658620,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1658620,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>Suicide bombers, likely inspired by the Taliban, strike close to the Pakistani leader's military headquarters</description><pubDate>Tue, 04 Sep 2007 14:00:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Sharif 'will go home next week'</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/08/30/pakistan.sharif/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/08/30/pakistan.sharif/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Pakistani opposition leader and former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif announced Thursday he will return to Pakistan on September 10 after Pakistan's top court last week lifted the exile order imposed against him.</description><pubDate>Fri, 31 Aug 2007 09:21:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Bhutto: 'Musharraf has agreed to quit as military chief'</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/08/29/pakistan.negotiations/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/08/29/pakistan.negotiations/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Pakistani President Gen. Pervez Musharraf has agreed to step down as the country's military chief during negotiations on a power-sharing deal with Pakistan's former prime minister and opposition leader Benazir Bhutto, she told CNN Wednesday.</description><pubDate>Thu, 30 Aug 2007 02:50:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Pakistan cabinet minister resigns</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/08/27/pakistan.politics/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/08/27/pakistan.politics/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>A minister resigned from Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf's cabinet on Monday as the embattled leader sent envoys abroad to negotiate on a power-sharing pact, government officials said. </description><pubDate>Tue, 28 Aug 2007 02:48:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Musharraf envoys to meet Bhutto in UK</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/08/27/pakistan.politics.reut/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/08/27/pakistan.politics.reut/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Pakistan's embattled President Pervez Musharraf has sent representatives to London to negotiate with former prime minister Benazir Bhutto on a power-sharing pact, an official and newspapers said on Monday.</description><pubDate>Mon, 27 Aug 2007 09:46:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Sharif hails ruling as 'victory for democracy'</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/08/23/pakistan.sharif.ap/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/08/23/pakistan.sharif.ap/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Nawaz Sharif, head of a powerful Pakistani political party that wants to oust embattled President Pervez Musharraf, vowed to return quickly after the Supreme Court ruled Thursday that the former prime minister can come back from exile.</description><pubDate>Fri, 24 Aug 2007 02:41:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Pakistan ex-PM Sharif to return</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/08/23/pakistan.politics/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/08/23/pakistan.politics/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Pakistan's embattled leader, Gen. Pervez Musharraf, could face a key challenge to his rule in the coming months following the expected return of two major opposition leaders.</description><pubDate>Fri, 24 Aug 2007 01:46:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Pakistani ex-PM Sharif gets passport </title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/asiapcf/11/02/pakistan.sharif/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/asiapcf/11/02/pakistan.sharif/index.html</guid><description>The Pakistani government will issue a passport to former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, who was overthrown in a bloodless military coup six years ago, the country's information minister said Wednesday.</description><pubDate>Wed, 02 Nov 2005 15:27:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Former Pakistani rivals meet, vow to end dictatorship</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/asiapcf/02/11/pakistan.ex.rivals/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/asiapcf/02/11/pakistan.ex.rivals/index.html</guid><description>Two former Pakistani prime ministers and rivals, Benazir Bhutto and Nawaz Sharif, met in Saudi Arabia and agreed to work to end dictatorship in Pakistan, Pakistan Muslim League sources told CNN.</description><pubDate>Fri, 11 Feb 2005 10:20:00 EST</pubDate></item></channel></rss>