Highs and lows of Nawaz Sharif's political career.

ISLAMABAD: An accountability court hearing corruption cases against deposed prime minister Nawaz Sharif will hand over the verdict in Al-Azizia Steel Mills and Flagship investments references today. Here is a brief history of Nawaz Sharif's political career.

1976:Sharif joins Punjab based Pakistan Muslim League. 1980: Becomes the Finance Minister of Punjab.

1981: Joins the Punjab Advisory Board and rises to political prominence under the tutelage of General Zia-ul-Haq. 1985: Becomes the Chief Minister of Punjab.

1988: Pakistan Muslim League splits in two Sharif leads theFida group against the Junejo group. The formerassumes the name of PML.

1990: Nawaz Sharif becomes the 12th prime minister of Pakistan on November 1 and launches a privatisation drive. Nawaz Sharif takes oath from President Ghulam Ishaq Khan 1992: Operation Clean-up' launched in Karachi.

1993: Sharif resigns for the post and admits defeat in the following elections. 1994:1995:Train March" launched in partnership with Murtaza Bhutto against Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto.

1997: PML-N wins a landslide victory in the general elections, Nawazbecomes prime minister for the second time. Today, we havesettled a scoreand have carried out sixsuccessfulnuclear tests," Sharif announces in a public address in 1998. 1999: Dismisses Chief of Army Staff General Jehangir Karamat and appoints General Pervez Musharraf in his place.

Sharif denies any knowledge of the Army's plan in Kargil. October 12, 1999: Sharif orders dismissal of Musharraf who in turns order acoup d'eacutetat, deposing the PM from power.

Nawaz goes into exile in Saudi Arabia upon King Fahd's intervention after the military court sentenced him for life in prison over hijacking charges. Nawaz Sharif is imprisoned in Adiala Jail November 2007: Returns to Pakistan a second time, having been turned...