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| Sharif facing Pakistan poll ban | Sharif facing Pakistan poll ban |
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| Former Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has been barred from standing as a parliamentary candidate in January. | Former Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has been barred from standing as a parliamentary candidate in January. |
| A rival candidate had complained to the Election Commission, citing criminal convictions against Mr Sharif. The commission upheld the complaint. | A rival candidate had complained to the Election Commission, citing criminal convictions against Mr Sharif. The commission upheld the complaint. |
| Mr Sharif returned from exile last month. He was overthrown in a 1999 military coup led by the then head of the army, Gen Pervez Musharraf. | |
| President Musharraf resigned from his army post last week. | President Musharraf resigned from his army post last week. |
| He was sworn in for a second term as president, this time as a civilian, on Thursday. | |
| Selective amnesty | |
| Mr Sharif has until Friday to appeal against the ban. | Mr Sharif has until Friday to appeal against the ban. |
| President Musharraf signed into law an amnesty earlier this year that cleared former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto from corruption charges facing her. | |
| At the time he and Ms Bhutto were engaged in power-sharing talks. The amnesty was a major factor in her decision to return from self-imposed exile. | |
| However the terms of the amnesty did not clear Mr Sharif. | |
| He was found guilty of hijacking and terrorism after ordering in 1999 that the plane carrying Gen Musharraf back to Pakistan be stopped from landing. | |
| The move led to Gen Musharraf staging the coup. | |
| Mr Sharif went into exile the next year. | |
| Mr Sharif and Ms Bhutto are due to meet later on Monday to discuss a possible joint boycott of January's elections. |