PPP team to monitor US elections

Published October 18, 2008

KARACHI, Oct 17: President Asif Ali Zardari, in his capacity as Co-Chairman of the Pakistan People’s Party, has formed an eight-member delegation to monitor/observe the US presidential election.

The delegation, which will leave for the United States next week, is headed by the party’s general secretary for Sindh, Nafees Siddiqui, and includes Choudhry Yasin, Rana Aftab, Akbar Khawaja, Amir Fida Paracha, Behraman Tariq, Nargis Awan and Zulfiqar Ali Badar.

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