File photo of Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan. PHOTO: ONLINE
The Pakistan Peoples Party initiated a ‘hunt’ to enlist a political candidate strong enough to inflict a crushing defeat on Leader of the Opposition in the National Assembly Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan in the upcoming elections.
However, the ruling party’s endeavour has reaped no results and the hunt has been termed a failure, the Express Investigative Cell (EIC) has learnt.
According to sources, the top brass of the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) has been looking to find a suitable candidate for the past two years to fight against Nisar in the upcoming general elections.
The leader of the opposition, like before, will contest the polls on two National Assembly (NA) seats – NA 52 and NA 53 – and on one Punjab Assembly seat, PP 7.
PPP eyes Nisar as a tough competition and hoped to block his entry in parliament.
During their five-year tenure, Nisar, as the opposition leader, attacked policies crafted by the federal government, and has been an unflappable and unfriendly leader of the opposition.
Against this backdrop, an influential woman leader of the PPP supervised the headhunt. From time-to-time meetings were arranged between potential candidates and the ruling party’s leadership, luring them to side with the PPP.
A powerful investor from the ruling party also jumped into the fray and played his part in finding the right political candidate. Sources say that he held meetings at breakfast and dinners to persuade the candidate to switch over to PPP, assuring him that he would not have to worry about any kind of investment or arrangements for contesting elections against Nisar.
However, a PPP lobbyist told EIC that the hunt to find a strong candidate to vote out Nisar in the poll battle has resulted in failure.
“After the failure of the hunt, PPP decided to give NA 52 seat to PML-Q under the seat adjustment formula,” he said.
Published in The Express Tribune, March 11th, 2013.
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@Born Political: are you being sarcastic or do u really believe the statement :)?
@Born Political: someone tell tribune that he is the one who was against the verification of degrees. what he did for the party when Sharifs fled to Jaddah?
Pethetic intelligence. PM is contesting on NA-51 and NA-52 this time.
Chaudhry Nisar has my vote!! The guy has done something which has earned him the wrath from such powerful quarters.
"(Nisar) has been an unflappable and unfriendly leader of the opposition" Someone please tell this to PTI and IK.
As if he was a serious threat to the rulers. In fact any gvernment would have loved to have an in-capable "opposition leader" of this caliber of Ch. Nisar. And even in the next term, he is not expecpected tp perform any better, regardless of his capacity, (i.e.) in the government or opposition.
It Proves Money cannot buy everything.