ISLAMABAD: Former Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali has responded to therumours of the jeep group led by him.
He has dispelled the impression that he was part of any group contestingthe general elections on an election symbol of ‘jeep’.
“I haven’t consulted anyone about my election symbol. I chose the ‘jeep’symbol by myself from three options given to me by the Election Commissionof Pakistan (ECP),” Nisar told media persons in Islamabad.
Some people, he noted, find excuses to launch criticism on him. “I am notparty of any jeep group. If I had to make any such group, I would have donethis a year ago,” he said.
The former interior minister said that he was aware some PML-N candidatesin South Punjab had returned their tickets to contest the election on‘jeep’ symbol.
“My decision to run as an independent doesn’t mean that I have parted wayswith the PML-N,” he clarified.
To a question, he ruled out a visit to Lahore to receive former primeminister Nawaz Sharif and Maryam Nawaz who are scheduled to return home onFriday.