Sheikh Rashid Ahmed gets a blow

Sheikh Rashid Ahmed gets a blow

RAWALPINDI - Sheikh Rashid gets a blow as PTI has withdrawn ticket for Rawalpindi by elections from his nephew Rashid Shafiq.

Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Rawalpindi chapter met with PM Imran Khan and convinced him to withdraw ticket in favour of Sheikh Rashid nephew Rashid Shafiq.

PTI Rawalpindi on Monday adopted a resolution against awarding ticket to Rashid Shafiq, nephew of Railways Minister Sheikh Rashid, in NA-60 Rawalpindi.

As per media reports, Shafiq is the prospective joint candidate of PTI and Awami Muslim league in NA-60.

PTI in the resolution demanded that that ticket should be awarded to PTI candidate Iftikhar Chaudhry. The central leadership, however, is yet to take the final decision on awarding ticket.