MITHI, July 6: Prime Minister Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain will accompany Finance Minister Shaukat Aziz when he will file his nomination papers for the NA-229, Tharparkar-I, seat on Wednesday.
According to the programme received here by the district government, Mr Hussain and Mr Aziz would leave for Mithi by a helicopter after arriving at the Sindhri Airport. A public meeting will be held at the sports complex which will be addressed by Mr Hussain, Mr Aziz and others.
A district office-bearer of the People's Party Parliamentarians told this correspondent that the party would field either Makhdoom Jamiluzzaman, Makhdoom Saeeduzzaman Atif or Mahesh Malani against Mr Aziz.
He said the PPP Sindh Council meeting in this regard was scheduled for Wednesday in Mirpurkhas. Diplo taluka PPP general-secretary Mohammad Mean Bajeer has already submitted his candidature for the seat and 40 nomination forms have been obtained by different candidates so far.
On Tuesday, former MNA Kishanchand Parwani opened an election office for Mr Aziz. Meanwhile, Tharparkar District Nazim Arbab Attaullah said the district government was not spending funds on election-related activities in the constituency. He, however, said he had got published posters and banners, welcoming the prime minister and the Sindh chief minister, from his own pocket.
Adds Our Sanghar Correspondent: Commuters faced problems due to non- availability of transport here on Tuesday as a large number of vehicles were impounded by police for visit of Shaukat Aziz to Mithi on Wednesday.
