LAHORE, Pakistan, March 15, SPA -- A spokesman for Nawaz Sharif saysthe Pakistani opposition leader has left his residence indefiance of an order placing him under house arrest, Associated Press reported. A convoy of vehicles left Sharif's villa in the easterncity of Lahore on Sunday, apparently headed for ananti-government rally where police were battlingstone-throwing demonstrators. Sharif spokesman Asif Kirmani confirmed that the formerprime minister was in the convoy.--SPA www.spa.gov.sa/644474