ISLAMABAD – Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) Chief Maulana Fazl-ur-Rehmanhas been nominated as the joint candidate of opposition minus the PPP forthe slot of president.
The deadlock in opposition has continued to persist over the name of AitzazAhsan provided by PPP as Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) expressedreservation over his nomination saying the veteran PPP leader had a strongstance against the party.——————————
The ruling Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party has already given the nameof Arif Alvilinkthe slot of president.
Born in 1949 and dentist by profession, Arif Alvi is among the foundingmembers of the PTI.
Constituency NA-250. Alvi was the only PTI member to win a NationalAssembly seat from Sindh in 2013 elections. In 2016, he was made presidentof PTI Sindh chapter.
He was re-elected to the National Assembly as a candidate of PTI fromConstituency NA-247 (Karachi South-II) in the recently held generalelection.