NA-184: Nawab Abbasi, Musharraf to contest Bahawalpur seat
The nomination papers for Gen Musharraf were received by social worker Nilofar.
Former President Pervez Musharraf gestures to his supporters upon his arrival from Dubai at Jinnah International airport in Karachi March 24, 2013. PHOTO: REUTERS
CHANNI GOTH:
Former Nawab of Bahawalpur and former president General (retd) Pervez Musharraf are both likely to contest elections for the National Assembly from NA-184 constituency in Bahawalpur.
]The nomination papers of the chief of Bahawalpur National Awami Party Nawab Salahuddin Abbasi were received by his staff officer Mian Raftur Rahman Rahmani, while the nomination papers for Gen Musharraf were received by social worker Nilofar.
Nawab Abbasi’s family has ruled the state of Bahawalpur for a century and a half till the state was merged into Pakistan while Musharraf was allotted agricultural lands the area by the army.
Published in The Express Tribune, March 29th, 2013.
Former Nawab of Bahawalpur and former president General (retd) Pervez Musharraf are both likely to contest elections for the National Assembly from NA-184 constituency in Bahawalpur.
]The nomination papers of the chief of Bahawalpur National Awami Party Nawab Salahuddin Abbasi were received by his staff officer Mian Raftur Rahman Rahmani, while the nomination papers for Gen Musharraf were received by social worker Nilofar.
Nawab Abbasi’s family has ruled the state of Bahawalpur for a century and a half till the state was merged into Pakistan while Musharraf was allotted agricultural lands the area by the army.
Published in The Express Tribune, March 29th, 2013.