Joining forces: MQM, JI form alliance for Peshawar cantonment polls
Parties will be holding a press conference at 5pm today (April 14)
The parties will be holding a press conference at 5pm today (April 14). PHOTO: MOHAMMAD NOMAN/EXPRESS
PESHAWAR:
Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) and Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) formed an alliance on Tuesday for Peshawar cantonment board polls, Express News reported.
The parties will be holding a press conference at 5pm today (April 14), while the meeting between the two is underway.
On April 11, Cantonment Board Peshawar (CBP) allotted 32 symbols to candidates for the upcoming elections in four wards.
Read: Cantt Board elections: Sofa and pressure cooker among allotted symbols
Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) and Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) formed an alliance on Tuesday for Peshawar cantonment board polls, Express News reported.
The parties will be holding a press conference at 5pm today (April 14), while the meeting between the two is underway.
On April 11, Cantonment Board Peshawar (CBP) allotted 32 symbols to candidates for the upcoming elections in four wards.
Read: Cantt Board elections: Sofa and pressure cooker among allotted symbols
The move came during a meeting held at the Cantonment Board office chaired by Returning Officer (RO) Saleem Hassan Watoo.
According to CBP spokesperson, Watoo allotted election symbols to political parties and independent candidates.
He added that Rashida Kausar, a woman candidate contesting from Ward-V as an independent, was given a pressure cooker as her symbol while another independent from Ward-III, Rakhshanda, was allotted a sofa.