LAHORE, July 12: Local body candidates being backed by the PML-N will use the platform of Watan Nawaz for their group in Lahore, it is learnt. In the last elections, the group has used the name of Sharif Qiadat. The name has been changed to avoid any action by the Election Commission against its contestants, sources in the party say.

The party will not publicly mention even the new name as a precautionary measure, they add.