Many bigwigs from the PML-N and the PPP have decided to contest the polls as independents
MULTAN: Members of well-established political parties trust their own abilities as independent contestants more than their party leadership’s skills. Many bigwigs from the PML-N and the PPP have decided to contest the polls as independents. For instance, Hamid Saeed Kazmi from the PPP. Similarly, not affiliated with any political party yet important personalities contesting elections as independents is highly likely to affect the prospects of these parties.
Although independent candidates mostly join a party after winning in the elections, it nevertheless reduces the number of votes a said party’s candidate would have secured.
Rida Zubair
Published in The Express Tribune, June 11th, 2018
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