LAHORE –The Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N), on Saturday announced tocontest in the Senate polls and the by-elections.
The PML-N also said that the opposition parties in the Pakistan DemocraticMovement (PDM) would jointly contest the Senate elections and by-polls.
“We decided to contest after a meeting of the party’s parliamentary tofinalise the names of the candidates for the by-election scheduled to beheld on Feb 19,” Party Secretary General Ahsan Iqbal maintained.
Earlier, PDM president Maulana Fazlur Rehman’s said “we will decide whetherto take part in the Senate elections or not in the coming meetings.”
Minister Khurram Dastagir also confirmed that the party would contest theSenate elections, and a decision about resigning from the assemblies wouldbe taken later.
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“We held a preliminary discussion on the selection of candidates for thenext month’s by-polls. We will announce our candidates soon,” he added.
Earlier, PDM declared it was going to contest the Senate polls as they haveno plan to leave the field open for the PTI government.
Its is pertinent to mention that the PDM has given January 31 ultimatum toPrime Minister Imran Khan to resign.
