PPP insistent on contesting Senate polls, by-elections: sources
Maulana Fazal-ur-Rehman recommended resolving the issue in a meeting of PDM top leaders.
KARACHI (Dunya News) – Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) is insistent on contesting Senate polls and by-elections and former President Asif Ali Zardari has contacted top leaders of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) and Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam Fazl (JUI-F) in this regard, sources said on Wednesday.
As per details, co-chairman of PPP Asif Ali Zardari has telephoned PML-N supremo Nawaz Sharif and JUI-F Chief Maulana Fazal-ur Rehman to discuss upcoming Senate polls and by-elections.
During the telephonic conversation, Asif Ali Zardari recommended not resigning from assemblies before Senate Election and said that if all parties of Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) jointly contest the elections, they can secure 15 seats in the upper house.
On the other hand, former prime minister Nawaz Sharif said that if opposition resigns from the assemblies it will be difficult for government to go ahead with Senate Elections.
However, Maulana Fazal-ur-Rehman recommended resolving the issue in a meeting of PDM top leaders.
