ISLAMABAD: The senior leadership of the Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz) andJamiat Ulema-e-Islam (Fazl) agreed to not withdraw Maulana Fazlur Rehmanfrom the presidential election.
The decision was made in a meeting held at the PML-N president ShehbazSharif’s Model Town residence.
In a press conference held after the meeting, Fazl urged the PakistanPeoples Party to agree on the decision made by the joint opposition partiesover his name for the slot as by not withdrawing its candidate the party isproviding an opportunity to the PTI.
He said that by not withdrawing its candidate, PPP is giving theopportunity to PTI to have its president, adding that it paved way forImran Khan to become prime minister by not voting in the leader of thehouse election.
In the meeting, Fazl and Shehbaz discussed future strategy regarding theupcoming presidential elections.
Molana Abdul Ghafoor Haideri and Akram Khan Durrani accompanied the JUI-Fchief, while PML-N’s Khawaja Saad Rafique, Sardar Ayaz Sadiq and otherswere present in the meeting.
Fazl said that he has been nominated as presidential candidate by allopposition parties except the PPP.
“We will try to have consensus over a joint opposition candidate,” he said.