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A Pakistani woman talks with Pakistan's former Prime Minister and opposition leader Nawaz Sharif, right, as she holds a picture of missing family members outside the Parliament in Islamabad, Pakistan, Friday, Feb 17, 2012. Dozens of people filed cases... View Photo »
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Pakistani former premier and opposition leader Nawaz Sharif (Centre R) meets with opposition party leaders on the current political situation in Islamabad on January 13, 2012. Pakistan's prime minister appealed for backing from lawmakers, saying they... View Photo »
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Pakistani former premier and opposition leader Nawaz Sharif (R) sits with party leaders as he chairs a meeting on the current political situation in Islamabad on January 12, 2012. Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari was in Dubai on January 12 for a... View Photo »
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Pakistani opposition leader Nawaz Sharif, right, receives senior parliamentarian M. Hamza for a meeting to review the situation raised amid a deepening political crisis, in Islamabad, Pakistan, Thursday, Jan. 12, 2012. Pakistan's president left the... View Photo »
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Pakistan's former prime minister Nawaz Sharif (C) leaves after appearing before a Supreme Court commission investigating a memo at the high court building in Islamabad January 9, 2012. The memo accused the Pakistani army of plotting a coup. View Photo »
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Nawaz Sharif, center, Pakistan's former Prime Minister and main petitioner in the secret memo scandal, leaves after appear before a judicial commission at high court in Islamabad, Pakistan on Monday, Jan. 9, 2012. Pakistan's Supreme Court set up a... View Photo »
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Pakistan's former ambassador to United States Husain Haqqani (C) exits the Supreme Court after meeting his lawyer Asma Jehangir, in Haqqani's defence in the secret memo scandal case, in Islamabad on December 22, 2011. Former Pakistan Prime Minister... View Photo »
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A Pakistani policeman searches a man as other security personnel look on outside the Supreme Court building in Islamabad on December 19, 2011. Pakistan's President Asif Ali Zardari returned home on December 19 following medical treatment in Dubai, an... View Photo »
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Former Pakistan prime minister Nawaz Sharif (R) raises his hands for prayer with the mother of Major Mujahid Ali Meerani, who was killed in a NATO cross-border attack last month, at his residence in Naudero, located in Pakistan's Sindh province, December... View Photo »
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Former Pakistani premier and head of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) Nawaz Sharif (C) leaves the Supreme Court in Islamabad on December 1, 2011, after attending the hearing on his petition filed against the memo scandal, seeking US help against... View Photo »
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Pakistani former prime minister and opposition leader Nawaz Sharif leaves the Supreme Court in Islamabad, Pakistan on Thursday, Dec 1, 2011. Sharif filed a petition for a thorough investigation in the memo-gate scandal. A Pakistani parliamentarian says... View Photo »
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A supporter of Pakistan's political party Muslim League-N sits on top of a bus as she waves a party flag bearing the image of her leader Nawaz Sharif during anti government rally in Lahore October 28, 2011. The Pakistan Muslim League-N hold the rally in... View Photo »
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Clowns on stilts hold posters of Pakistan's opposition leader Nawaz Sharif and his brother during a rally against the government in Lahore, Pakistan, Friday, Oct. 28, 2011. Opposition leaders are rallying to demand the ouster of Pakistan's President... View Photo »
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Supporters of Pakistani opposition leader Nawaz Sharif rally against the government in Lahore, Pakistan, Friday, Oct. 28, 2011. Opposition leaders are rallying to demand the ouster of Pakistan's President Asif Ali Zardar and his government, blaming him... View Photo »
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Shahbaz Sharif, chief minister of Punjab and brother of former Pakistani premier Nawaz Sharif of Pakistan Muslim League-N (PML-N) waves to supporters during an anti-Pakistan's President Asif Ali Zardari rally in Lahore on October 28, 2011. More than... View Photo »
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Opposition leader and Pakistan Muslim League President Nawaz Sharif (L) gestures during a press briefing about the all-party conference (APC) in Islamabad on September 30, 2011, as his party leader Raja Zaffar ul haq (C) and Sardar Mehtab Ahmed look. ... View Photo »
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In this photo released by the Press Information Department, Pakistan's Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani, left, talks with opposition leader Nawaz Sharif during an all parties conference in Islamabad, Pakistan on Thursday, Sept 29, 2011. U.S. pressure on... View Photo »
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Afghan President Burhanuddin Rabbani (L), leader of the Jamiat-i-Islami (Islamic Society) party, shakes hands with Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, 02 March 1993 at Sharif's residence in Islamabad, prior the second round of the Afghan peace talks. View Photo »
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Pakistan's former prime minister Nawaz Sharif speaks in Lahore, Pakistan, Friday, June 10, 2011. Pakistan's opposition leader Sharif launched a rare direct criticism of the country's powerful army on Friday, accusing it of running a parallel government... View Photo »
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Pakistani soldiers walk the perimetre of the final hideout of slain Al-Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden in Abbottabad on May 12, 2011 where bin Laden was killed in a US Naval Commandos special operation. Supporters of Pakistan's main opposition leader, Nawaz... View Photo »
About Nawaz Sharif
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Mian Muhammad Nawaz Sharif, also known Nawaz Sharif, (Urdu: میاں محمد نواز شریف ) (born December 25, 1949 in Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan) is a Pakistani politician and businessman. He was twice elected as Prime Minister of Pakistan, serving two non-consecutive terms, the first from November 1, 1990 to July 18, 1993 and the second from February 17,... Full Article
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