Ex-Pak PM Nawaz Sharif will seek fourth term in office, his party says

[Collection]Former Pakistani PM Nawaz Sharif, who has served three terms, will seek a fourth term in office as the consensus candidate of his party in the upcoming parliamentary elections. Sharif returned to Pakistan after four years of self-exile in London to avoid prison, but his conviction was overturned, making him eligible to run. His main rival, Imran Khan, plans to contest the elections despite currently serving a prison term. Sharif's party confirmed his candidacy for the office of prime minister.