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| Court lifts Sharif election ban | Court lifts Sharif election ban |
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| Pakistan's Supreme Court has overturned a ban that prevented opposition leader Nawaz Sharif and his brother Shahbaz from running for political office. | Pakistan's Supreme Court has overturned a ban that prevented opposition leader Nawaz Sharif and his brother Shahbaz from running for political office. |
| The ruling means that Mr Sharif will be able to take part in elections in 2013. | The ruling means that Mr Sharif will be able to take part in elections in 2013. |
| The former prime minister and leader of the PML-N party is one of the most popular politicians in the country. | The former prime minister and leader of the PML-N party is one of the most popular politicians in the country. |
| Mr Sharif's ban from standing for election related to an old conviction which he has always said was politically motivated. | Mr Sharif's ban from standing for election related to an old conviction which he has always said was politically motivated. |
| He lost power in a bloodless coup led by then army chief Pervez Musharraf in 1999, and was forced into exile a year later in Saudi Arabia. | |
| But in November 2007 Mr Sharif was allowed to fly back to Pakistan, and helped force President Musharraf from office in 2008. | |
| Sharif supporters broke into cheers soon after the Supreme Court made its judgement on Tuesday. | |
| Earlier this year, it had ruled that Mr Sharif was not eligible to hold public office, prompting him to accuse President Asif Ali Zardari of being behind the move. | |
| The two men had an uneasy alliance which saw them easily win last year's general elections, but they soon fell out. |