Sharif Ends Parliament Bid, Supports Bhutto
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From Times Wire Reports
Exiled former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif withdrew his candidacy for October’s parliamentary elections and threw his support to ex-Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto.
The announcement came a day after election officials in Bhutto’s home city of Larkana rejected her bid to run for a National Assembly seat. Officials were scheduled to rule today on Bhutto’s nomination papers for two other seats.
The officials had approved Sharif’s candidacy, despite his deal with current President Pervez Musharraf, who ousted him, to stay out of the country until 2010.
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