Nawaz Sharif: Pakistan's king of comebacks looks set to to be PM again - BBC News

Nawaz Sharif's return is a dramatic turnaround for a three-time prime minister who never completed a term.

1 day agoShareclose panelShare pageCopy linkAbout sharingImage source, EPAImage caption, Nawaz Sharif, who was ousted five years ago is now the front-runner in Pakistan's electionsPakistan's former three-time prime minister Nawaz Sharif only returned from self-imposed exile last year but is now the clear front-runner to win the 8 February election.

Few could have predicted his return to the top, despite his dominance in Pakistani politics for much of these past three decades.

His last term ended in him being convicted of corruption, and the time before that, he was toppled in a military coup.

Still, he appears on the brink of making another successful comeback, a dramatic turnaround for someone who had long been viewed as an opponent to Pakistan's powerful military.

"He's a top candidate to be the next premier not because he's wildly popular - he certainly is not - but more so because he's played his cards right," says analyst Michael Kugelman, the South Asia Director at the Wilson Center think tank.

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