TAXILA:Disgruntled Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan on Friday ruled out contacting any political party through the backdoor.

He was addressing party workers and supporters here on Friday.

The former interior minister was defeated by PTI candidate Ghulam Sarwar Khan on both the National Assembly seats of NA-59 and NA-63.

Chaudhry Nisar said he would make a decision in a couple of days after consulting his supporters. He also announced to contest the by-election for the National Assembly seat which will be vacated by Ghulam Sarwar Khan. He said the opposition would be one of the strongest in the political history of the country.

Published in Dawn, August 4th, 2018

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