*DERA ISMAIL KHAN: PPP leader Faisal Karim Kundi withdrew his nominationpapers in favour of a Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) candidate on NA-37Dera Ismail Khan. *

Mr. Kundi, a PPP ticket holder, had submitted his papers to contest on aNational Assembly seat (NA-37) in DI Khan, but later decided to step asidefrom the electoral contest, withdrawing his candidature.

The PPP leader said he withdrew from election race for the benefit of PTIcandidate Habibullah Kundi to give a tough contest to Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam(JUI-F) candidate.

JUI-F chief Maulana Fazl Ur Rehman’s son Maulana Asad Mehmood is contestingelection from NA-37.

A day earlier, the JUI-F announced its candidates for 20 National Assemblyseats and 60 provincial assembly seats in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.