(Xinhua)
Updated: 2007-11-27 14:13

ISLAMABAD - Former Prime Minister Mian Muhammad Nawaz Sharif filed nomination papers on Monday evening for the forthcoming general elections, the official Associated Press of Pakistan (APP) reported.

Former Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif speaks at a press conference at his home in Lahore, Pakistan, Monday, Nov. 26, 2007. [Xinhua]

Nawaz Sharif, chief of the opposition Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N), and his younger brother Shahbaz Sharif filed nomination papers for national assembly's seats, said the report.

Nawaz Sharif said on Monday that the opposition should use the option of boycotting the general elections in case a level playing field was not provided to it in the electioneering process.

"We believe in reconciliation and Pakistan's welfare, not in confrontation; the people at the helm of affairs need to understand the feelings of the people and act according to their aspirations to remove emergency and restore the rule of law in the country," Nawaz Sharif said when addressing reporters in Lahore, capital of the eastern Punjab province.

He demanded lifting of the emergency, restoration of the constitution and reinstatement of the judiciary as it was before November 3.

Nawaz Sharif, together with his family members, returned back to Pakistan aboard a special plane from Saudi Arabia on Sunday afternoon, ending seven years of exile.

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