Asif Ali Zardari is to run for the presidency of Pakistan, says his Pakistan People's Party (PPP), the biggest in the coalition government.
The announcement was made by a senior party official.
On Friday, the PPP nominated Mr Zardari, the widower of assassinated former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto, to be the country's president.
Parliament is due to vote next month to replace President Pervez Musharraf, who resigned on Monday.
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The parliamentary and provincial assembly elections to replace Mr Musharraf, who quit in the face of the threat of impeachment by his political enemies, will take place on 6 September.
Mr Zardari's main coalition partner, Nawaz Sharif of the PML-N, has said he is not in favour of Bhutto's widower getting the job and prefers what he calls a consensus president.
The two men are also deadlocked over how many of the judges sacked by Mr Musharraf during emergency rule last November should be reinstated.
(BBC)
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