MARDAN: The ruling Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf and its coalition partner, Jamaat-i-Islami have decided to jointly contest the coming local government elections at the district level.

An announcement to this effect was made at a meeting of district office-bearers of PTI and JI at the Jamia Islamia Tafhim-ul-Quran here on Sunday, according to a statement.

PTI district president and MNA Ali Mohammad Khan, district general secretary and MPA Iftikhar Mashwani, MNA Mujahid Khan, JI district emir Dr Ataur Rahman, ex-MPA Fazal Rabani, Saeed Akhtar and other local leaders attended the meeting.

The leaders said that since PTI and JI were coalition partners at the provincial level and had better understanding of working together, they had decided to contest the LG polls jointly to serve the people in a better way.

The two parties would hold another meeting today (Monday) to evolve a strategy for the forthcoming polls.

Published in Dawn, April 6th, 2015

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