 Nawaz Sharif filed his nomination papers for two seats in the forthcoming elections whilst Benazir Bhutto filed for three seats including one of the reserved seats for women.Departing an election rally in Rawalpindi on 27December 2007, Benazir Bhutto was assassinated by a gunman who shot her in the neck and set off a bomb.The exact sequence of the events and cause of death became points of political debate and controversy.