Nawaz Sharif in short ..

1981 - Hand picked by General Zia-ul-Haq (military dictator) as the finance minister of Punjab.

April 1985 - Became the Chief Minister of Punjab with the consent of General Zia-ul-Haq.

May 1988 - General Zia-ul-Haq dissolved the assemblies, and appointed Nawaz Sharif as the care-taker Chief Minister of Punjab.

November 1990 - Became the Prime Minister of Pakistan the first time.

1991 - Conflicts started with the then COAS (Chief of the Army Staff) General Aslam Baig on Gulf War.

1992 - Quarreled with the new COAS General Asif Nawaz on an army operation in Sindh.

January 1993 - General Asif Nawaz died probably of heart attack. Fingers raised on Nawaz Sharif about his involvement in the untimely and sudden death of COAS. After his death, Nawaz Sharif wanted to appoint a candidate of his own choice as the new COAS against the will of President Ghulam Ishaq Khan and Army. This resulted in a conflict between PM and President. However president used his special powers provided in the constitution to appoint General Wahid Kakar as the new COAS.

April 1993 - President Ghulam Ishaq Khan removed the government of Nawaz Sharif on corruption charges and dissolved the assemblies.

May 1993 - The Supreme Court of Pakistan supersede the decision of President, and restored Nawaz Sharif and the assemblies.

July 1993 - President and Nawaz Sharif, both resigned.

February 1997 - Nawaz Sharif became Prime Minister of Pakistan again, this time with two-third majority (enough to amend the constitution).

April 1997 - He amended the constitution of Pakistan and brought the 13th amendment by which he defused the power of President provided in the article 58-(2)(b) of constitution to dismiss a PM.

July 1997 - Brought the infamous 14th Amendment in the constitution, through which party leaders got the power to dismiss the members of national/provincial assemblies if they dont vote according to the order of party leader. Doing this, he protected himself from being dismissed by a no-confidence vote of parliament.

November 1997 - The then CJ (Chief Justice) of Pakistan, Justice Sajjad Ali Shah was hearing a case of 'Contempt of Court' against Nawaz Sharif, when suddenly a Nawaz Sharif sponsored mob attacked the Supreme Court. The supporters of Nawaz Sharif breached the police barriers, entered the court-room while chanting the slogans against CJ and destroyed the furniture of court-room. The police was instructed to remain silent and do nothing. The CJ somehow managed to escape from the court-room. After this incident, CJ wrote a letter to the then president, Farooq Ahmed Khan Leghari to deploy the Army in the premises of Supreme Court to protect the judiciary. However, the army could not be deployed.

December 1997 - After the immense pressure of Nawaz Sharif, President Farooq Leghari resigned, as he had left with no power after the 13th amendment. Nawaz Sharif removed Justice Sajjad Ali Shah after the resignation of President.

January 1998 - Nawaz Sharif appointed a hand-puppet president in shape of Rafique Tarar.

May 1998 - India conducted 5 atomic tests. In response, Pakistan also conducted 6 atomic tests. Co-incidentally Nawaz Sharif was the PM of Pakistan at that time. Since then, Nawaz Sharif takes the credit of conducting the atomic tests. After the atomic tests, he imposed emergency in the country.

October 1998 - Nawaz Sharif forced COAS General Jahangir Karamat to resign after a dispute on the issue of forming a National Security Council. Then he picked General Pervez Musharraf as the new COAS. Doing this he had every actor of his own choice on the stage. A personal favourite President with zero power, a loyal judiciary, a personally appointed COAS, and a dummy parliament that was not able move a no-confidence vote against him. There was no check on PM now. All doors were closed to remove the PM legally.

January 1999 - Nawaz Sharif forced the Jang Group of Newspaper to suspend its publication. The reason behind the curb was, the newspaper printed stories of allegations of widespread corrupt practices by Sharif, his family, close associates and government members. As a result, the government arrested the owner of Jung Group i.e. Shakil-ur-Rehman, froze the Jang Group's bank accounts, stopped government advertisements to several of its publications and ordered it to pay two billion rupees in income tax. The government blocked the access of Jang Group to its ware houses, and stopped their newsprint shipment at the port.

May 1999 - The Kargil issue arose between Pakistan & India. Nawaz Sharif asserted that General Pervez Musharraf advanced the troops in the mountains of Kargil without his permission.

May 1999 - Najam Sethi, a renowned journalist and the editor of newsweekly The Friday Times, was grabbed from his bedroom at midnight by the security agencies on the orders of PM Sharif. The reasons were the criticism against the policies of government in The Friday Times. The government arrested him without any charges, and held him for a month. Later he was released after the involvement of the then COAS General Pervez Musharraf.

October 1999 - Nawaz Sharif Appointed General Pervez Musharraf as the Chairman Joint Chief of Staff Committee (JCSC) while at the same time Pervez Musharraf was also serving as the COAS. Doing this Nawaz Sharif showed as if he had no evil ambitions against Pervez Musharraf, instead he had complete faith on him.

October 1999 - Sharif tried to dismiss COAS General Pervez Musharraf when Pervez Musharraf was in Srilanka on an official tour. It was 12th October 99, when the plane of Musharraf took-off from Srilanka and was in air, Nawaz Sharif tried to appoint General Ziauddin Butt as the new COAS, without following the appropriate process of dismissing the existing COAS. Sharif also ordered to change the destination of the plane, to land in any neighbouring country like UAE or India (an all-time enemy of Pakistan). Consequently, the army retaliated, and ousted the government of Nawaz Sharif. Musharraf took-over the control of government. Nawaz Sharif and company were taken under arrest. The anti-terrorism court declared a life sentence to Sharif for hijacking the plane. Later he was sent to Saudi Arabia in exile for 10 years after an agreement with the government.

September 2007 - While in exile, Sharif continuously denied about any agreement of living in exile, and blamed Musharraf of throwing him out of the country. However a day before returning to Pakistan, he organized a press-conference in London, and admitted that he signed an agreement of living in exile, but only for 5 years. On 10th of September 2007 his plane landed in Islamabad, but he was sent back to Saudi Arabia again.

November 2007 - He returned to Pakistan and continued the political activity.