Islamabad, Jumada I 26, 1434, Apr 7, 2013, SPA -- A close aide to Pakistan's former President Gen. Pervez Musharraf says elections officials have approved his candidacy for parliament in a remote northern district after it was rejected in two other parts of the country. Rashid Qureshi said officials in Chitral accepted Musharraf's nomination papers on Sunday. Two other applications for southern and central Pakistani districts were rejected while a third in Islamabad is pending. --SPA 12:03 LOCAL TIME 09:03 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/1095558