*ISLAMABAD – MMA Chief Moulana Fazal ur Rehman has emerged as a strong andsurprise candidate for the slot of President of Pakistan by the oppositionparties.*
*The opposition parties held an all parties conference in Murree onSaturday.*
*The APC was convened to decide a joint candidate for the presidentialelections.*
Opposition parties attending the APC include the PML-N, PPP, JUI-F, ANP,PkMAP and others.
The ruling PTI has already announced that Dr Arif Alvi will be itscandidate for the office of the president. The MQM has already assured thePTI of its support.
PML-N leader Ahsan Iqbal, who has reached Murree to attend the conference,said that they will try to reach consensus and bring a joint candidate forthe presidential election.
The PPP has already nominated Aitizaz Ahsan as its candidate for the postof president. However, it seems that the nomination was not well receivedby the PML-N as former federal information minister Pervaiz Rashid saidthat his party will support the PPP candidate only if Ahsan goes to AdialaJail and apologises to Nawaz. He did not clarify what he wants Ahsan toapologise for.
During the election of the prime minister, the PPP refrained from votingfor PML-N candidate Shehbaz Sharif. Earlier, the PML-N had voted for thePPP’s candidate for the speaker of the National Assembly, Khursheed Shah.