28th Dec Nawaz Sharif, the leader of the rival opposition party PakistanMuslim League, states that "This is a tragedy for her party, and a tragedy for our party and the entire nation"
Sharif returns to power in February 1997 with such a huge majority that the result is immediately questioned by Bhutto's PakistanPeople's Party, Sharif won by obtaining 90 percent of the national votes cast