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Opposition leader Nawaz Sharif calls it "a prelude to a revolution" . He made it to the rally by defying an order for his house arrest.

"Benazir Bhutto was also my sister, and I will be with you to take the revenge for her death, " Mr Sharif said.

He said the U. N. would be temporarily evacuating staff in Mazar-e-Sharif while security there is reviewed.

But Mr Sharif, who was no stickler for the rule of law during his own two riotous terms, says the courter must be punished.

Sharif wanted to show that there is no one in the country to compete with him in politics of Pakistan.

Mr. Sharif was supportive but said the decision was up to the board of the Lahore Museum, Ms.

'The company is still producing and its one refinery is operating at capacity, ' said Ahmed Sharif, head of Arabian Gulf Oil Co.

Former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, said he hoped Zardari's tenure would return the presidency to its impartial role.

"Sharif has people's power, he works for the poor. He made us proud, " Butt said.

With control of Punjab, Mr Sharif would be well-placed to rebuild his party with an eye to the next election.

The court also turfed his younger brother, Shahbaz Sharif, out of Punjab's provincial parliament and his post as its chief minister.

The PPP and its main coalition partner, Nawaz Sharif's Pakistan Muslim League, have been far too busy for duty in the "war on terror" .

Over the next decade, she alternated power with Nawaz Sharif, as the country's political and economic situation worsened.

So what explains Iran's record, and that of Sharif in particular?

Sharif and Benazir Bhutto should be allowed to compete at home, and face trial if accused of crimes, not deported.

I was skeptical about the project; even if Sharif wanted to help, the Pakistani military was full of Taliban and al Qaeda sympathizers.

At least 14 people died, among them seven UN staff, when demonstrators stormed and torched the facility in the city of Mazar-i-Sharif.

But Mr Sharif, who showed little regard for the rule of law during his own two riotous spells in power, refused to compromise.

Sheik Sharif stepped into Somalia's messy politics in 2004, when he helped form a neighborhood court to try carjackers and kidnappers.

In a society addicted to the notion of "honour" , Mr Sharif's trenchant stance has made him popular.

Earlier, President Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed accompanied AU peacekeepers and government troops as they battled Islamist insurgents.

Mr Sharif, by contrast, the favourite politician of a former army dictator, Zia ul-Haq, proved stickier for the generals.

It was largely in an effort to woo him back that Mr Zardari agreed to Mr Sharif's other main demand: to impeach Mr Musharraf.

Since the initial eruption of violence in Mazar-i-Sharif on Friday, about 20 people are estimated to have died.

Mainly in it there were three points over which work was to be done, that were signed between Sharif and Bhutto.

Sharif said he wanted to come anyway.

No wonder Mr Sharif's first visitor after the court's decision was Bryan Hunt, the American consul-general in Lahore.

With a roar of sports utility vehicles, Mr Sharif, the "lion of Punjab" , then swept forth to lead a protest march to Islamabad.

Ali the day the transitional government was nominated by President Sheikh Sharif Ahmed as the new interim prime minister candidate.

She wants General Musharraf to rid her of the corruption charges, brought by Mr Sharif, that have kept her in exile.

" A special flight then flew out of Islamabad taking Mr Nawaz Sharif to Saudi Arabia , " APP reported .

Opposition leaders Nawaz Sharif and Asif Zardari are due to begin putting together a coalition government in Islamabad later today.

Mr Sharif needs friendly judges to overturn a ban on his eligibility to stand for election, and wants them restored.

"We have lost everything: our houses, our crops, cattle, " said Ahmad Hasan at a government relief camp in Taunsa Sharif district.

He was greeted with a handshake and embrace from Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif.

The Clinton parameters envisaged Palestinian sovereignty on the Haram al-Sharif, where the mosques of Omar and al-Aqsa now stand.

Horsemen compete for a goat carcass during a game of Buzkashi to celebrate Nowruz in Mazar-i Sharif in northern Afghanistan on March 21.

It would also very likely mean the end for Mr Musharraf, as the probable price of Mr Sharif's involvement in government.

Sheikh Sharif Ahmed, the lacklustre president, has extended his mandate by delaying elections to next year, to nobody's satisfaction.

In Somalia, President Sharif Sheik Ahmed also said his government was bracing for possible reprisal attacks by al Qaeda-backed groups.

Former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, leader of Pakistan's largest opposition party, dismissed that promise as "hollow" .

The reinstatement forestalled a procession to the capital, Islamabad, led by Nawaz Sharif, a former prime minister.

At the time its leader, Nawaz Sharif, another former prime minister, pictured above, was in exile.

Late Sunday in Lahore unidentified gunmen shot and killed a candidate from Mr. Sharif's party who was running in the provincial elections.

Zardari and Sharif are expected to meet Thursday in Islamabad to discuss their parties' plans.

Last month Mr Zardari joined forces with Nawaz Sharif, a former prime minister, to hound Pervez Musharraf from the presidency.

Demonstrators stormed the building in the northern city of Mazar-i-Sharif and set it alight.

When I met Steve, he was a guy my age in jeans, Arab- or Jewish-looking and handsomer than Omar Sharif.

'He is an honorable man and will safeguard the constitution of the country, ' said Mr. Sharif.

It is the political base of her main rival, Nawaz Sharif.

Seven foreign UN staff and guards were killed in Mazar-i-Sharif, while a dozen people died in clashes with police in Kandahar.

Members of Sharif's party have threatened to abandon the coalition government, if the judges were not reinstated by Monday.

After all, unlike the more conciliatory PPP, Mr Sharif has taken a fiercely principled stand against Mr Musharraf.

The chances are that Mr Sharif will now push for a mid-term election, while the Supreme Court tries to "get Mr Zardari" .

For the past two years we have not had any serious security issues in Mazar-i-Sharif.

They were building a road north of Mazar-e-Sharif when they were seized by militants last December.

Ali Mubarak also voted for a candidate backed by Mr. Sharif's party.

Yet they stay their hand, fearing Mr Sharif would be worse.

Nawaz Sharif, the main opposition leader, seems not to want to bring down a civilian government before elections are due.

President Sharif says the government needs the help of international peacekeepers to re-establish order and wants AMISOM troops to stay.

"We are still negotiating with the suspect, there has been no change in the situation, " Johor police chief Mokhtar Sharif told Reuters.

In the same throw, the judges may force his brother, Shahbaz Sharif, to step aside as chief minister of Punjab.

But in December 2006, Ethiopian troops invaded Somalia with American help and swept aside Sheik Sharif's Islamist alliance.

Mr. Sharif is expected to push for charging Mr. Musharraf with crimes while in office.

Former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif wants President Musharraf to step down.

"The problem with international aid is that it often comes late and is limited, " Sheik Sharif sighed.

At the same time, the other exiled opposition leader Nawaz Sharif is gaining support by strongly opposing army rule.

Sharif's portrait is plastered over every inch of the bike's bodywork.

Mr Musharraf is also now exiled to London, yet Mr Sharif continues to demand he be prosecuted for treason.

Mr Sharif himself seems unsure whether to go for power.

Sharif also promised a break with the practices of the government of Moammar Gadhafi, which is believed to be riddled with corruption.

Zardari will feel politically small before Sharif.

Women and children feed pigeons in front of the Imam Ali shrine in the northern Afghan city of Mazar-i-Sharif.

In the village of Chachran Sharif, people depend on livestock for a living.

But Mr Sharif is still not happy.

It is led by Sharif Ahmed, a moderate Islamist, who once headed the Islamic Courts Union.

Mr. Sharif said that the resolution will be introduced in the parliament on May 12 and the judges will be reinstated the same day.

I went back in April 1997 to Mazar-e-Sharif, where there was fierce fighting for two days.

For 10 years, she and her political rival Nawaz Sharif alternated terms as prime minister.

The army, though no friend to Mr. Sharif, may support them.

Mr Zardari and Mr Sharif both say they want peace with India and an end to ruinous militancy. Neither is a friend to the army.

They earlier met Mr. Sharif, a key player in the new coalition.

Aides of Somalia's embattled president, Sharif Ahmed, say there may be over 2, 000 of them.

German soldiers patrol in Mazar-i-Sharif.

Nawaz Sharif is from my native city of Lahore.

Sharif says the two parties could not meet an earlier deadline set for the judges' return, because of differences on how to do it.

Sheik Sharif, 43, is used to carrying a compass, not a gun.

In the short-term Mr Sharif could perhaps live with this, especially from outside the government.

Actually, Sharif wanted to give a big political blow to Zardari.

Sharif said his aim wasn't the government's collapse.

"We will work together to form the government, " said Mr Sharif.

Annoyed, Mr Sharif pulled out of the federal government several months ago

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