Nawaz Sharif

Published April 2, 2013

CHIEF OF PAKISTAN MUSLIM LEAGUE – NAWAZ
PREMIERSHIP
First term November 1, 1990 - July 18, 1993
Second term February 17, 1997 - October 12, 1999
OTHER POSITIONS
Finance Minister Punjab 1980s
Chief Minister Punjab 1980s
Carried out nuclear tests 1998
Ousted in a military coup October 12, 1999
Arrested and sentenced to life imprisonment (Later, Sharif’s sentence was commuted to exile in Saudi Arabia) April 2000
Return to Pakistan November, 2007

Opinion

Editorial

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Mass transit mess
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