Observer Report Karachi
Pakistan Democratic Movement is eyeing to grab five Senate seats from the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province after Jamaat-i-Islami on Saturday announced its support for the opposition candidates.
According to sources, the Jamaat-i-Islami will contest on a seat reserved for women while the PPP would vie for a technocrat seat after both parties reached an understanding on Saturday.
“The meeting to finalize the matters held at the residence of Humayun Khan, where it was decided that PML-N, JUI-F and ANP will contest on general seats,” they said adding that the PDM will seek to win five seats from KP province in the Senate elections.
Those who attended the meeting included Abbas Afridi and Mian Alamgir Shah from PML-N, Farhatullah Babar, Muhammad Ali Shah and Ahmed Karim Kundi from the PPP, Maulana Lutfur Rehman and Mahmood Ahmed from JUI-F.
