(25 Nov 2007)
1. Various of exterior of Election Commission office
2. Armed policeman in front of Election Commission office
3. Former Pakistani Prime Minister and leader of opposition party Pakistan People's Party (PPP) arriving at Election Commission office
4. Bhutto moving through crowd of people and media inside Election Commission office
5. Bhutto making victory sign for cameras
6. Various of Bhutto talking to returning officer
7. SOUNDBITE: (Urdu) Benazir Bhutto:
"The government has made a good decision in giving permission for Nawaz Sharif to come back. This is a success for our negotiations. What we said should happen has happened, this move is a result of that."
8. Crowds of supporters surround Bhutto's car as it leaves Election Commission office
STORYLINE:
Former Pakistani Prime Minster Benazir Bhutto filed nomination papers on Sunday to allow her to participate in the upcoming national elections, as another political heavyweight, Nawaz Sharif, returned to Pakistan to join the ever deepening power struggle.
Bhutto and Sharif, also a former Pakistani prime minister, are vying to return to power in the January elections.
After filing the nomination papers in southern port city Karachi Bhutto told reporters she was pleased Pakistan's government had allowed Sharif to return to Pakistan.
"This is a success for our negotiations. What we said should happen has happened, this move is a result of that," said Bhutto.
Bhutto and Sharif have threatened to boycott the elections planned on January 8 next year if Pakistani President General Pervez Musharraf doesn't meet a number of their political demands, principally lifting the state of emergency he imposed earlier this month.
Bhutto said on Friday she had not yet decided whether to take part, but that she was leaning toward participating.
On Saturday, a loose coalition of opposition groups including Sharif's PMLN announced it would boycott the voting unless the government lifts the state of emergency, restores sacked Supreme Court justices and releases all political prisoners within four days.
When he arrived in Pakistan's eastern city of Lahore on Sunday, Sharif told reporters the All Parties Democratic Movement (APDM), a political alliance in Pakistan, would hold a meeting on 29 November to make a decision on whether to participate in the elections.
The deadline for nominations for the January 8 vote is Monday and Sharif's party has said he, his brother and his wife will all file their papers on the final day.

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