A shekara ta 2007, Nawaz Sharif ya yi ƙoƙarin dawowa daga gudun hijira amma an hana shi.Benazir Bhutto ta dawo ne daga gudun hijira na tsawon shekaru takwas, inda ta ke shirin tunkarar zabukan 2008 amma an yi niyya a wani mummunan harin kunar bakin wake.Sanarwar da Musharraf ya yi na kafa dokar ta-baci a watan Nuwamban shekarar 2007, wadda ta hada da korar alkalan kotun kolin kasar da kuma haramtawa kafafen yada labarai masu zaman kansu, ya haifar da zanga-zanga.Sharif ya koma Pakistan a watan Nuwamban 2007, tare da tsare magoya bayansa.Dukansu Sharif da Bhutto sun gabatar da sunayen ‘yan takara a zaben da ke tafe.An kashe Bhutto a watan Disambar 2007, wanda ya haifar da cece-kuce da bincike kan ainihin musabbabin mutuwarta.An dage zaben da aka shirya yi a ranar 8 ga watan Janairun shekara ta 2008 saboda kisan Bhutto.Zaben 2008 da aka gudanar a Pakistan ya nuna gagarumin sauyi na siyasa, inda jam'iyyar Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) mai ra'ayin mazan jiya da jam'iyyar Pakistan Muslim League (PML) mai ra'ayin mazan jiya ta samu rinjayen kujeru.Wannan zaben dai ya kawo karshen mamayar kawancen masu sassaucin ra'ayi da suka yi fice a lokacin mulkin Musharraf.Yousaf Raza Gillani, mai wakiltar PPP, ya zama Firayim Minista kuma ya yi aiki don shawo kan matsalolin siyasa da kuma jagorantar yunkurin tsige Shugaba Pervez Musharraf.Gwamnatin hadin guiwar da Gillani ke jagoranta, ta zargi Musharraf da zagon kasa ga hadin kan Pakistan, da keta kundin tsarin mulkin kasar, da kuma taimakawa wajen tabarbarewar tattalin arziki.Wannan yunkurin dai ya kai ga murabus din Musharraf a ranar 18 ga watan Agustan 2008, a wani jawabi da ya yi a gidan talabijin ga al'ummar kasar, wanda hakan ya kawo karshen mulkinsa na shekaru tara.