The PPP and JUI-F have reached an agreement over supporting each other’s candidates in the upcoming Senate by-election on March 14.

Addressing a press conference today alongside former prime minister Yousuf Raza Gilani and PPP leader Nayyar Bukhari, JUI-F leader Maulana Abdul Ghafoor Hyderi termed the meeting with PPP “a good improvement on the political front”.

“When Gilani sahab contests the polls, we will support him,” he said, adding that this way JUI-F members can enter the parliament without a contest.

On the occasion, Gilani welcomed the understanding reached with JUI-F for the Senate by-poll, saying that a “good working relationship was established in the parliament and we will vote for each other”.

Towards the end of the presser, PPP leader Bukhari clarified that the conversation between the two parties was only about the March 14 by-election. There will be a by-election on one seat on that day.

According to the understanding, the PPP will vote for the JUI-F candidate in Balochistan while the latter will vote for Gilani in Islamabad.

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