Bhutto files nomination papers from two more seats

KARACHI: Former Pakistan prime minister Benazir Bhutto filed her papers from two more parliamentary constituencies in her hometown for the January 8 general election on Monday, the last day for filing nominations.
     
The PPP chairperson, who had filed nomination papers on Sunday for a seat reserved for women in Karachi, submitted her papers from two seats in southern Sindh town of Larkana on Monday, a stroghold of her Pakistan People's Party.
     
Monday is the last day for submitting nomination papers for the upcoming polls to the national and provincial assemblies.
     
The PPP has announced its final list of candidates but Bhutto has left the option of a boycott open. She said a decision will be taken after consultations with other parties, including the PML-N of former prime minister Nawaz Sharif who returned to Pakistan yesterday from seven years in exile.
     
Bhutto herself returned after eight years in self exile on October 18 after President Pervez Musharraf granted her amnesty in graft cases by issuing a controversial ordinance.
     
Sharif and his brother Shahbaz Sharif are expected to file nominations in Lahore before the deadline ends.