KARACHI – The Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) has started to flex musclesfor the slot of President of Pakistan.
PPP has established contacts with opposition parties regarding presidentialelection scheduled for September 4, sources have revealed.
The party’s central leadership including Syed Khursheed Shah, Naveed Qamar,Qamar Zaman Kaira and Sherry Rehman has been tasked to woo oppositionparties to support PPP’s candidate for presidential election, Aitzaz Ahsan.
The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) has already nominated Arif Alvi as itscandidate for the post.
Earlier, a three-member delegation of Atizaz Ahsan, Kaira and ChaudhryManzoor met PPP co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari to discuss the buildup to thepresidential election.——————————
According to the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP), nomination paperscan be filed with the presiding officers in Islamabad and at thecommission’s provincial offices on August 27.
Scrutiny of the nomination papers will be conducted on August 29, whilecandidature can be withdrawn by 1200 hours on August 30. The list ofvalidated candidates will be published the same day at 1pm.
Voting for the election will be held in the National Assembly and the fourprovincial assemblies from 10am to 4pm on September 4.