Exiled Premier Sharif Files to Run for Office
Exiled former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif had nomination papers filed for him to run for parliament in his stronghold of Lahore, defying President Pervez Musharraf’s ban on his return.
Sharif’s attorney said he submitted forms to the Election Commission for Sharif, his wife and his brother. They are in Saudi Arabia.
Musharraf seized power from Sharif in 1999 and has promised parliamentary elections in early October to restore democracy. Musharraf said last week that under the exile agreement, the Sharifs cannot return to Pakistan before 2010.
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