Word: nawaz
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...President could still give the Alliance first crack at fashioning a governing coalition, but its two main leaders failed to win Assembly seats. Command of the Alliance was ceded to Mian Nawaz Sharif, chief minister of Punjab and a Zia protege, who won two seats...
...Prime Minister might be a good change." In the male-dominated Muslim society of Pakistan, it would be an astonishing one. That did not daunt Bhutto. She immediately set out to solicit coalition partners. By Thursday night she claimed, "We already have a simple majority in the parliament." But Nawaz Sharif is also scrambling to assemble a majority, and likewise predicts he will succeed...
...other main rival of Bhutto, chief minister Nawaz Sharif of Punjab state, claimed victory in the race for an assembly seat in Lahore, his hometown, but lost to a Pakistan People's Party member in another district...
...leader. The general commands respect, if not admiration, from many Pakistanis, and has been able to sustain healthy growth in the country's economy. Last week his backers sought to blunt the effect of Bhutto's return by awarding some political favors. Prime Minister Junejo and Punjab Chief Minister Nawaz Sharif announced that, effective immediately, new land would be granted to rural tenants and urban squatters and the price of cooking oil would be reduced...