PTI officials say several important political figures from south Punjab set to announce joining the PTI today. PHOTO: APP/ FILE
BAHAWALPUR:
Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz is in a state of panic after losing the NA-154seat, Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf central organiser Jahangir Khan Tareen said on Tuesday. He announced that he would contest the by-poll. “This time, the PML-N will face a resounding defeat.”
In a statement issued on Tuesday, Tareen said the PML-N had lost their third wicket when the election tribunal in Multan declared that the election in the constituency had been rigged.
He said that after coming to power, he would work hard to improve the police’s performance in Lodhran.
“The feudal lords have done nothing for the people of Lodhran. The people will vote for the PTI in the October 11 by-polls,” he said.
Requesting anonymity, PTI officials in the region said that several important politicians affiliated with the PML-N had recently met Tareen.
They said an announcement about them joining the PTI will be made on Wednesday (today). Among these politicians are some former nazims, deputy nazims, councillors and active political party workers, they said.
The PML-N is yet to announce its candidate for the by-poll.
A former candidate, Syed Rafiuddin Shah, is said to be gearing up for a ticket from the PML-N, however, he lacks support from the Shaheed Kanju group, they said.
PPP campaigning in south Punjab
Pakistan Peoples Party will sweep the by-elections in south Punjab, PPP south Punjab president Makhdoom Syed Ahmad Mehmood told a meeting with PPP Qadirpur union council leaders on Tuesday. Mehmood said the party had launched a public coordination campaign at the union council level in order to strengthen the party at the grassroots level. He urged members of the Peoples Youth Organisation (PYO) to raise their efforts for the by-election. Mehmood met Sardar Umeed Ali Dashti and PYO president Jameel Ahmad Dashti at his house in Jamaldinwali. He also met a delegation from Machi Goth and Bandoor Abbasian. He also appointed Sardar Zafar Khan Abbasi as the PPP’s coordinator in Rahim Yar Khan. He said the Abbasi family’s role in politics in south Punjab went back generations. He said Sardar Zafar Abbasi had expressed interest in competing in the elections for union council chairman from Bandoor. He said a decision regarding this would be taken after consultation with party leaders. “If he emerges as the strongest possible candidate for the PPP, the ticket will go to Abbasi
PTI in Lala Musa
Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf’s leaders in Lala Musa discussed applications for party tickets for 24 wards in the upcoming local government elections on Tuesday. They said a decision will be announced in the next few days.
Local PTI leaders Advocate Nawazish Ali Sheikh, Syed Tallat Hussain Shah, Muhammad Iqbal Butt, Muhammad Ashraf Bhatti, Chaudhry Shabbir Ahmad, Chaudhry Rayaz Ali, Captain (retd) Nazeer Ahmad, Mehar Ammanullah, Mirza Muhammad Arshad Baig, Mirza Naeemul Hassan, Sohail Nawaz Khan, Chaudhry Muhammad Rafiq Dhama, Mirza Muhammad Shafiq, Syed Ali Fayez Shah and Tahir Rafiq Butt participated in the meeting. They said they would select candidates who were sincere to the party and to the people of their respective areas
Published in The Express Tribune, September 2nd, 2015.
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