Reporting from Islamabad, Pakistan -- The Supreme Court today banned the country's most popular opposition politician, former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, from holding elected office, a verdict that could trigger prolonged political upheaval in Pakistan.
The former prime minister's brother, Shahbaz Sharif, was also disqualified by the high court from holding office, effectively removing him from his position as chief minister of Punjab, the country's most populous province.In the streets of Lahore, the eastern city that is the Sharifs' power base, their supporters took to the streets, burning tires and chanting anti-government slogans.
In the streets of Lahore, the eastern city that is the Sharifs' power base, their supporters took to the streets, burning tires and chanting anti-government slogans.
Even before today's (WED's) verdict, tensions had been growing between Sharif and the shaky civilian government led by Asif Ali Zardari, the widower of assassinated former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto.
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