Chaudhry Nisar to contest elections from NA-59

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ISLAMABAD: Former interior minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan announced on Monday that he will be contesting elections for the National Assembly from NA-59 and for the provincial assembly from PP-10 and PP-14, Rawalpindi.

The estranged PML-N leader made the announcement after meeting with a delegation of 27 chairmen and vice-chairmen from his constituency of NA-59, a press release issued by his spokesperson said.

The statement says that the delegation assured Chaudhry Nisar of their support and that of the people in the constituency regardless of the platform on which he decides to contest the elections.

Chaudhry Nisar said he is also considering contesting from NA-63 but will decide after consultation with party leaders in Wah and Taxila.

Published in Dawn, May 1st, 2018

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Sab Se Pehle Pakistan

May 01, 2018 09:22am

Chaudry Nisar is completely irrelevant in Pakistan's political scenario. What he can do is call for a press conference and during that press conference call for another press conference. The special thing about both the press conferences will be both will have absolutely no relavent information.

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Mahmood iqbal

May 01, 2018 10:04am

How can one man contest from so many seats? Strange system!

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Reality bites

May 01, 2018 10:17am

"The statement says that the delegation assured Chaudhry Nisar of their support and that of the people in the constituency regardless of the platform on which he decides to contest the elections." This is how blindly people throw away their precious votes. If this is not ignorance, then I don't know what is. Please understand this, Our votes are more powerful than a nuclear bomb.

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Sab Se Pehle Pakistan

May 01, 2018 11:21am

@Mahmood iqbal: The question is will he be contesting the elections with his false hairs or without them? May be in one constituency he will wear the false hair and the second he won't. Hence trying his luck from multiple constituencies.

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Saif Zulfiqar

May 01, 2018 11:53am

@Mahmood iqbal, Even you can.

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Shiib

May 01, 2018 12:56pm

This is the beauty of democratic system what we have in Pakistan.... enjoy...

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