PPP decides against supporting PML-N in NA-249 by-poll: sources

KARACHI: Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) has decided against supporting the PML-N candidate Miftah Ismail in the NA-249 by-poll scheduled for April 29, ARY NEWS reported quoting sources.

According to sources, a consultative meeting in this regard has been summoned by the PPPP President Asif Ali Zardari, where provincial ministers and members of the assembly were also invited to take a decision on the NA-249 constituency.

The PPP candidate from NA-249, Qadir Mandokhel, would also attend the meeting.

It is pertinent to mention here that former prime minister and Pakistan Muslim League – Nawaz (PML-N) leader Shahid Khaqan Abbasi has on March 20 called on Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) chairman Bilawal Bhutto ahead of by-poll on Karachi’s NA 249 by-polls to seek support.

Abbasi reached out to Bilawal for his party’s support in the by-polls in which PML-N has fielded the former finance minister Miftah Ismael. Bilawal has, however, told

Abbasi that he’d revert to the proposition once he’s consulted with party leadership.

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The PPP announcement against supporting Miftah Ismail have come days after Awami National Party (ANP) and Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) on Wednesday announced the withdrawal of its candidate in the upcoming NA-249 Karachi by-poll in support of the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) candidate.

The ANP had fielded Haji Aurangzeb Khan Buneri, but the party withdrew his candidacy after talks with the PML-N.