Well, look who's busy campaigning — Hafiz Saeed

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Can't contest elections because you're a banned group? No problem. Hafiz Saeed has found a solution: his candidates are now running for elections under the newly formed AAT. Photo: AFP
Can't contest elections because you're a banned group? No problem. Hafiz Saeed has found a solution: his candidates are now running for elections under the newly formed AAT. Photo: AFP

The head of banned organsiation Jamaat-ud-Dawa Hafiz Saaed was seen along with the newly formed political party Allah-o-Akbar Tehreek leaders yesterday in Lahore during the inauguration ceremony of their election office.

The candidates of the Milli Muslim League, which has been denied registration by the ECP due to its alleged links with Hafiz Saeed-led JuD, will be using the platform of the Allah-o-Akbar Tehreek to contest the polls.

The AAT has fielded 43 candidates in Punjab and seven in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, which makes the total number of its candidates 50.

Read more about the participation of religious parties in the upcoming polls here.

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