Supporters of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) of former prime minister Nawaz Shairf, offer sweets to each other as they celebrate after court verdict in Quetta on May 26, 2009. Pakistan's supreme court overturned a ban on former premier Nawaz Sharif from holding office, allowing the popular opposition leader to contest elections in the politically turbulent nation. Getty Images logo Getty Images 5 months ago

Supporters of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) of former prime minister Nawaz Shairf, offer sweets to each other as they celebrate after court verdict in Quetta on May 26, 2009. Pakistan's supreme court overturned a ban on former premier Nawaz Sharif from holding office, allowing the popular opposition leader to contest elections in the politically turbulent nation.

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  1. In this photo provided by Pakistan Muslim League, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, left, meets Pakistan's former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif in Lahore, Pakistan, Thursday, Oct. 29, 2009. Clinton is on a three-day state visit to Pakistan.
  2. Supporters of former Pakistani premier Nawaz Sharif's Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) party burn an effigy of former president Pervez Musharraf during a protest in Karachi October 12, 2009. The PML-N observes October 12 as a black day in commemoration of Musharraf's coup against the Sharif's government in 1999. Sharif was first elected prime minister in 1990 but was sacked three years later on corruption charges. He returned to power in 1997, but was ousted in the 1999 coup by Musharraf, who brought criminal charges against him for hijacking, terrorism and attempted murder.
  3. Supporters of former Pakistani premier Nawaz Sharif's Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) party burn an effigy of former president Pervez Musharraf during a protest in Karachi October 12, 2009. The PML-N observes October 12 as a black day in commemoration of Musharraf's coup against the Sharif's government in 1999. Sharif was first elected prime minister in 1990 but was sacked three years later on corruption charges. He returned to power in 1997, but was ousted in the 1999 coup by Musharraf, who brought criminal charges against him for hijacking, terrorism and attempted murder.
  4. Supporters of former Pakistani premier Nawaz Sharif's Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) party burn an effigy of former president Pervez Musharraf during a protest in Karachi October 12, 2009. The PML-N observes October 12 as a black day in commemoration of Musharraf's coup against the Sharif's government in 1999. Sharif was first elected prime minister in 1990 but was sacked three years later on corruption charges. He returned to power in 1997, but was ousted in the 1999 coup by Musharraf, who brought criminal charges against him for hijacking, terrorism and attempted murder.
  5. Supporters of former Pakistani prime minister Nawaz Sharif�s PML-N party burn an effigy of former president Pervez Musharraf during a march in Lahore October 12, 2009. The PML-N observes October 12 as a black day in commemoration of Musharraf's coup against the PML-N government in 1999. Sharif was first elected prime minister in 1990 but was sacked three years later on corruption charges. He returned to power in 1997, but was ousted in the 1999 coup by Musharraf, who brought criminal charges against him for hijacking, terrorism and attempted murder.
  6. Supporters of former Pakistani prime minister Nawaz Sharif�s PML-N party beat an effigy of former president Pervez Musharraf with their shoes during a march in Lahore October 12, 2009. The PML-N observes October 12 as a black day in commemoration of Musharraf's coup against the PML-N government in 1999. Sharif was first elected prime minister in 1990 but was sacked three years later on corruption charges. He returned to power in 1997, but was ousted in the 1999 coup by Musharraf, who brought criminal charges against him for hijacking, terrorism and attempted murder.
  7. Supporters of former Pakistani prime minister Nawaz Sharif�s PML-N party march in Lahore October 12, 2009. The PML-N observes October 12 as a black day in commemoration of former president general Pervez Musharraf's coup against the PML-N government in 1999. Sharif was first elected prime minister in 1990 but was sacked three years later on corruption charges. He returned to power in 1997, but was ousted in the 1999 coup by Musharraf, who brought criminal charges against him for hijacking, terrorism and attempted murder.
  8. Supporters of former Pakistani prime minister Nawaz Sharif�s PML-N party march in Lahore October 12, 2009. The PML-N observes October 12 as a black day in commemoration of former president general Pervez Musharraf's coup against the PML-N government in 1999. Sharif was first elected prime minister in 1990 but was sacked three years later on corruption charges. He returned to power in 1997, but was ousted in the 1999 coup by Musharraf, who brought criminal charges against him for hijacking, terrorism and attempted murder.
  9. Supporters of former Pakistani prime minister Nawaz Sharif�s PML-N party march in Lahore October 12, 2009. The PML-N observes October 12 as a black day in commemoration of former president general Pervez Musharraf's coup against the PML-N government in 1999. Sharif was first elected prime minister in 1990 but was sacked three years later on corruption charges. He returned to power in 1997, but was ousted in the 1999 coup by Musharraf, who brought criminal charges against him for hijacking, terrorism and attempted murder.

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