ISLAMABAD: As the upcoming Senate elections are at corner and to be held on Wednesday, Prime Minister Imran Khan has cancelled all his official engagements and decided to directly supervise the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf’s (PTI) campaign for the upper house’s polls.
Finance Minister Dr Hafeez Shaikh, PTI candidate for a seat from Islamabad, started canvassing for the election and went door to door to meet members of National Assembly in Parliament Lodges.
The government has again leveled allegations of corruption and misuse of authority against former prime minister Yousuf Raza Gillani, the joint candidate of the Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) for the Islamabad seat.
From Monday, today Prime Minister will only focus on the Senate election and will not attend any official meeting, PTI leader said.
The PTI leader was of the view that the prime minister would directly supervise the PTI’s campaign for the Senate polls and meet MNAs of allied parties.
Situation of the electioneering is tough between former premier Yousuf Raza Gillani and Finance Minister Hafeez Shaikh on a Senate seat for Islamabad. The National Assembly is the electoral college for the seat and an interesting session of the house will be held on March 3 in which voting for the two candidates will take place.
Meanwhile, the MQM-P’s absence from an important PTI reception in Karachi has raised eyebrows of many, particularly after Pakistan Peoples Party chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari claimed that the MQM-P would support PDM candidate in the Senate polls.
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