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Former Pakistani prime ministers Benazir Bhutto and Nawaz Sharif signed up on November 26 to run in the general election. Both Sharif and Bhutto said they might yet boycott the January 8 poll, which is being organised under emergency rule imposed by President Musharraf. A two-time prime minister, Sharif told a news conference in Lahore the boycott remained a very potent option for the opposition.