Islamabad (September 02, 2018): The Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (Fazl) leader Maulana Fazlur Rehman has said that all the opposition parties unanimously nominated him as a presidential candidate, hence Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) should accept the decision of joint opposition.
While addressing a press conference after meeting with PML-N President Shehbaz Sharif, Fazlur Rehman said that PPP paved way for Imran Khan to become prime minister by not voting in the leader of the house election.
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Molana Abdul Ghafoor Haideri and Akram Khan Durrani accompanied by the JUI-F chief, while PML-N’s Khawaja Saad Rafique, Sardar Ayaz Sadiq and others were present in the meeting.
Fazl said that he has been nominated as presidential candidate by all opposition parties except the PPP. “We will try to have consensus over a joint opposition candidate,” he said.
The JUI Chief said that he has cordial relation with the Pakistan Peoples Party leader Asif Ali Zardari, and requested him to withdraw his candidate for the unity of opposition parties.
“PPP should accept opposition’s candidate today for to express unity among them,” he said. While talking to journalist, Hamza Shehbaz Sharif, the PML-N leader said that the opposition will put its maximum effort for success in the presidential election.
“We will also reach to the political parties who have not agreed to support Fazl,” the PML-N leader said.
Opposition parties, PML-N and PPP, are likely to hold a meeting later today to reach a consensus on their candidate for the presidential election.
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