RAWALPINDI: Former Interior Minister and disgruntled PML-N leader ChaudhryNisar Ali Khan has announced that he will contest by-elections for aNational Assembly seat in Rawalpindi.
This he said while addressing to a public gathering attended by local PML-Nworkers and other notables. However, he did not disclose which constituencyhe will be fighting by-polls from.
Nisar added that he did not have greed for any portfolio and adding thathis politics have always been based on truth, development and welfare ofthe people.
Owing to his differences with the PML-N leadership, Chaudhry Nisarcontested the 2018 general elections as an independent candidate on fournational and provincial assembly seats.
Nisar faced defeat from all of his constituencies of NA-59 (Rawalpindi), NA63 (Taxila) and Punjab Assembly’s PP-10 except PP-12.
The new constituency of NA-59 comprises of areas such as Chakri, Chontra,Saddar Baironi, Adiyala, Rawat and other adjoining areas.
PTI’s Ghulam Sarwar, who defeated Chaudhry Nisar and won two NationalAssembly seats, has not yet announced which seat he will be vacating.