ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf backed (PKMAP) Chief Mehmood Khan Achakzai Submitted the nomination papers to the top offices as Presidential Candidate.
Pashtoonkhwa Milli Awami Party Chief Mehmood Khan Achakzai’s rival in Presidential Poll Asif ali Zardari have been filed nomination paper at the two high courts in Islamabad and Karachi by PPP leader Farooq H Naek and Sindh Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah respectively.
Interestingly, his rival is Mahmood Khan Achakzai, the Pashtoonkhwa Milli Awami Party (PkMAP) chief who is elected to the National Assembly in Feb 8 elections, as the PTI founder decided to field and back him for the office after the two parties came closer in recent months.
Latif Khosa, Ayub and others submitted Achakzai’s nomination at the Islamabad High Court with Chief Justice Aamer Farooq.
Meanwhile, three other individuals have also jumped in to participate in the race. Their names are: Asghar Ali Mubarak, Abdul Quddus Awan and Waheed Ahmed Kamal.
The four provinces have already elected new chief ministers, Maryam Nawaz (Punjab), Murad Ali Shah (Sindh), Ali Amin Gandapur (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) and Sarfraz Bugti (Balochistan) thus completing the process at the provincial level.
