Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) and Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) have agreed to contest the upcoming by-elections jointly, senior leaders of both parties confirmed on Saturday.
The announcement was made by PML-N leader and Railways Minister Hanif Abbasi and PPP’s Raja Pervez Ashraf, the former National Assembly Speaker.
Raja Pervez Ashraf said that finalised their strategy for the by-elections on the seats that fell vacant after the disqualifications of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf’s lawmakers.
“All matters regarding the by-elections have been settled. We will contest under a mutually agreed formula,” he added.
Railways Minister Hanif Abbasi echoed the same sentiments, saying that the two parties will fully support each other’s candidates in the upcoming by-elections.
“Where the PML-N was the runner-up previously, PPP will not field a candidate, and PML-N will not field a candidate in areas where PPP previously finished second,” Hanif Abbasi explained.
