The meeting also formed a 15-member committee; five members each from the three parties will form the committee to finalise matters related to the ‘coalition’. PHOTO: EXPRESS/FILE
Three opposition parties in the K-P Assembly have formed an alliance for the upcoming local government (LG) elections in the province.
A tri-party meeting of the Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F), Awami National Party (ANP) and Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) was held on Monday. Party leaders agreed on an alliance for LG polls expected to be held in March or April.
The meeting also formed a 15-member committee; five members each from the three parties will form the committee to finalise matters related to the ‘coalition’.
JUI-F district president Ameer Qari Rafiq Shah, secretary information Abdul Jalil Jan, Senator Ghulam Ali; PPP’s Sayed Zahir Ali Shah, Zulfqar Afghani; and ANP’s Ghulam Mustafa were in attendance. Jan will act as the committee’s communication secretary.
The leaders have decided to field joint candidates for LG elections for village, neighbourhood, town and tehsil councils. The committee is scheduled to meet on January 2.
Published in The Express Tribune, December 25th, 2013.
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