Complex sentence: Tahir Rasheed did not participate in the general elections held in 2002, choosing to run instead for Zila Nazim of Multan District in a bye election held in 2003.
Split into simpler sentences: Tahir Rasheed did not participate in the general elections held in 2002. However, he was aspirant for the top slot of Multan district as Zila Nazim in a bye election held in 2003.