London, July 4 (ANI): The bitter feud between former Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and former President General Pervez Musharraf continues abated, with Sharif now calling for a trial of the former military General. Talking to media persons here, Sharif regretted that Musharraf has not been tried even after years of misdeeds. Referring to the United Nations (UN) inquiry into Benazir Bhutto’s... 

Islamabad, June 10 (ANI): Pakistan Muslim League-N chief Nawaz Sharif cannot contest polls until an appeal against his conviction in the plane hijacking conspiracy cases is under adjudication in the Supreme Court (SC), Sindh Advocate General Muhammad Yousaf Leghari has said. Talking to reporters on the SC premises, Leghari said: “Not in my official capacity, but in my personal opinion, Nawaz... 

Lahore, June 9 (ANI): Former Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has not been pardoned in connection with the October 1999 plane hijacking case, The Daily Times reports. Quoting a presidential document, which would be tabled before the Supreme Court soon, the newspaper said that while a court verdict has exempted Sharif from serving a sentence in the case, his convict status has not changed. Sharif,... 

Islamabad, June 6 (ANI): PML-N chief Nawaz Sharif has said he has no personal animosity with Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari, and is only working for the restoration of democracy. Sharif said Pakistan has no real democracy, and is still running under a system that is an extension of the Musharraf regime. Real democracy could be restored by abolishing of the 17th Amendment and implementation of... 

Islamabad, Jun.6 (ANI): Former Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has said the resolution of the Kashmir issue is the key to peace in the region and for India and Pakistan to have cordial ties. Addressing delegates of the Kashmir American Council, Sharif said Pakistan is committed to resolving the issue. “Pakistan would continue diplomatic, political and moral support to Kashmiri people fighting... 

Islamabad, June 5 (ANI): President Asif Zardari and Pakistan Muslim League (PML-N) chief Nawaz Sharif have no plan to hold a one-on-one meeting in the immediate future, their close aides have said. “I asked the president just on Wednesday about a possible meeting with Nawaz Sharif in the near future and was told that there was no such programme,” said Zardari’s spokesman Farhatullah... 

Lahore, May 30 (ANI): Former United States ambassador to Pakistan, Bill Milam, has rubbished Nawaz Sharif’s claim that the then US President Bill Clinton had offered him five billion dollars for shelving its plan of conducting the nuclear test in 1998. In an interview to a private television channel, Milam said Clinton could not have made any such offer to Nawaz, as he would have had to get Congress’... 

Karachi, May 30 (ANI): Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) senior Vice President Makhdoom Javed Hashmi has said that party Chief Nawaz Sharif is not eyeing a return to the Prime Minister’s office. Talking to media persons at the Jinnah International Airport here, Hashmi said his party does not want to destabilize the present government. Hashmi, however, blamed the PPP led government of still aping... 

Lahore, May 29 (ANI): Dismissing global fears about Pakistan’s nuclear arsenal falling into the Taliban’s hand’s, former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif  said the nuclear command and control system is  in safe custody. Asserting that the country’s nukes are far more secure than that of any other country in the world,Sharif told participants at a Yaum-e-Takbeer function, that successive dictatorial... 

Islamabad, May 26 (ANI): Revoking the Lahore High Court’s verdict to disqualify former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and his brother Shahbaz Sharif from contesting elections, the Pakistan Supreme Court (SC) on Tuesday declared the Sharif brothers eligible for fighting elections. The five-member SC bench headed by Justice Tassadaq Hussain Jilani, while hearing the review petitions filed by the Sharifs’... 

Lahore, May 25 (ANI): Pakistan Muslim League-N chief Nawaz Sharif has said that extremism is growing over US drone raids inside the tribal region of the country. He expressed these views, while speaking to the visiting US Senators here on Monday. Former premier Nawaz Sharif said: “Drone strikes are violation of Pakistan’s sovereignty and regional security.” Replyimg to question,... 

Mardan (Pakistan), May 12 (ANI): Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz chief Nawaz Sharif has said the Taliban insurgent, who are responsible for the displacement of thousands from the war-torn Swat region, do not deserve any sympathy. Urging everyone to come forward and support internally displaced persons (IDPs), Sharif stated that a handful elements could not destabilize Swat. During his visit to the IDPs... 

New York, May 12 (ANI): Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari may have ‘impressed’ the United States by announcing an all out war against the Taliban and other extremists in the North West Frontier Province (NWFP), but he does not seem to have much support back home, as only 19 percent of  Pakistanis approve of his move. According to an opinion poll released by the Washington based International... 

Thatta, May 11 (ANI): Pakistan’s Commerce Minister Amin Fahim has said there is no truth to rumours that the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP)-led government will not complete its tenure because the US favours PML-N chief Nawaz Sharif. Speaking to reporters at the Dastarbandi ceremony of Sardar Ameer Otho, who was declared the chieftain of Otho tribe after the death of his father, he said... 

Lahore,May 6 (ANI) :  The United States wants the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) chief Nawaz Sharif to become Pakistan’s  Prime Minister and President Zardari to continue on the post,  a top Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) leader has claimed. According to the Daily Times, the leader, who is close to Zardari, said Sharif has become the ‘blue-eyed boy’ of the US and the rest of the western...