Haroon Akhtar clarifies

Published September 22, 2002

LAHORE, Sept 21: Haroon Akhtar Khan, a candidate from PP 156, Lahore XX, has clarified that instead of his name — Haroon Akhtar Khan —, the name of his brother, Humayun Akhtar Khan, has been printed in the special section of Dawn of Sept 20, containing a list of Punjab Assembly candidates. In fact it should have been Haroon Akhtar Khan, contesting from PP 156, Lahore XX.

Dawn wishes to put it on record that the lists of candidates published on Sept 19, 20 and 21 were provided by the Election Commission of Pakistan and were reproduced accordingly.

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