ISLAMABAD, AUG 23: Two ruling alliances in Centre — Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz (PML-N) and Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) — have decided to jointly contest the upcoming by-elections nationwide.
“Both parties [PPP and PML-N] have agreed to contest the by-elections together,” said Hanif Abbasi, a PML-N leader who also holds the federal railways portfolio, while addressing a press conference in Islamabad.
Several constituencies are up for grabs as the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) recently disqualified several lawmakers belonging to the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) following their convictions in cases related to the May 9 riots.
As per the ECP schedule, the by-elections will be staged in the NA-66 Wazirabad, NA-129 Lahore-XIII, and PP-87 Mianwali-III constituencies on September 18, while in NA-143 Sahiwal-lll, NA-185, DG Khan-ll, PP-203 Sahiwal-Vl, NA-96 Faisalabad-II, NA-104 Faisalabad-X, and PP-98 Faisalabad-l, the polling will take place on October 5.
