New Delhi: Former Sindh High Court judge, Wajihuddin Ahmed, has also filed his nomination papers for the post of President in Pakistan.
Wajihuddin reached the Election Commission of Pakistan a short while after Prime Minister Sahukat Aziz filed President Musharraf's nomination.
He was accompanied by a huge procession of lawyers. Addressing the media outside the Supreme Court, Wajihuddin said he was hopeful of defeating General Musharraf in the elections due on the October 6.
"In case of direct elections, I am sure that the people of Pakistan will — on the basis of adult franchise — vote me in power," he said.
Meanwhile, President Musharraf has said he will not renege on his commitment to the Supreme Court to quit as Army Chief if re-elected for another term.
Musharraf, who said he believed in the norms of democracy with all of its decencies and freedom, vowed not to go back on the assurance to the court just as in 2004.
"There is a huge difference between 2004 and 2007. In 2004, there were compelling circumstances and no Constitutional bar and, therefore, I had to continue with the two offices," Musharraf said at a reception organised by outgoing chief of Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) Pervez Ashfaq Kiani on Wednesday night.
"However, the circumstances today are different and I have given a commitment to the Supreme Court that after my re-election, I will leave the office of the COAS and I shall abide by it," Musharraf, who candidly referred to his failed promise of doffing uniform in 2004, was quoted as saying by The News daily.
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