Pakistan: Sharif Back in the Running

Pakistan's Supreme Court on May 26 overturned an earlier ruling that prohibited former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif from running for public office. Sharif, currently the most popular politician in Pakistan, is seen as an anti-establishment politician — and one the military is likely to have problems with. The United States has been warming up to Sharif lately, but even if he and his party were to come into power in Islamabad, Washington still would have no good choices in Pakistan.