Former federal minister Salim Saifullah Khan, JUI-F chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman’s son Maulana Asjad Mehmood and PTI’s central vice-president Sher Afzal Marwat are making their last-ditch efforts to muster public support for winning the sole National Assembly seat in Lakki Marwat during the upcoming elections.

They have emerged as strong candidates out of 39 hopefuls for NA-41.

Salim Saifullah is backed by Marwat Qaumi Ittehad (MQI), an electoral alliance formed by his family with the support of other political parties and tribal chiefs to give a tough time to JUI-F candidates.

Mufti Abdul Ghani, a prominent religious scholar and a close aide of JUI-F chief Fazlur Rehman, is also supporting Salim Saifullah.

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