RAWALPINDI, April 22: PPP co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari obtained on Tuesday nomination papers for by-elections for the NA-55, Rawalpindi-VI, which has been vacated by Makhdoom Javed Hashami.

Advocate Tahir Mehmood Abbasi collected the papers for Mr Zardari.

PML-N chief Mian Nawaz Sharif, PML-N president Mian Shahbaz Sharif and Supreme Court Bar Association President Aitzaz Ahsan have also obtained nomination papers for the seat. Mr Ahsan has applied PPP’s ticket for the by-election.

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