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| Nawaz retracts election boycott |
| 2007-01-15 |
| Former prime minister Nawaz Sharif has decided after consulting with senior leaders and members of parliament of his Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz party to withdraw his decision to boycott the next general elections. Sources in the PML-N told Online that most party leaders, including the exiled former prime ministerÂ’s brother Shahbaz Sharif, who is also president of the Muslim League-Nawaz, were against the boycott decision. Nawaz had said his party would not take part in the elections if they were held under President Gen Pervez Musharraf, but his decision was criticised by other opposition parties, especially the PML-NÂ’s main partner in the Alliance for the Restoration of Democracy, the Pakistan PeopleÂ’s Party. |
| Posted by:Fred |