ISLAMABAD: Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari has announced that he will support Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) candidate in the upcoming by-polls in NA-75 Sialkot.
As per details, the by-elections on two Punjab seats, NA-75 (Sialkot) and PP-51 (Gujranwala) are scheduled to be held on February 19. PML-N candidate Syed Iftikhar ul Hassan won general elections from the constituency, however, the seat became vacant after he died on August 02 last year due to COVID-19.
The PML-N leader Attahullah Tarar during a corner meeting held in connection with the by-poll in Daska said Bilawal assured that his party will support our candidate.
On the other hand, Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid (PML-Q) had earlier announced to support Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) candidate in the upcoming by-poll. The PML-Q had announced that it would be supporting the PTI candidate on NA-75 Sialkot.
Earlier, the interior ministry had notified troops’ deployment outside the polling stations during the upcoming by-elections in different constituencies of Punjab, Sindh and Balochistan.
On the request of the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP), the interior ministry released a notification regarding the deployment of troops outside the polling stations.
According to the notification, Rangers personnel will be deployed in PS-88 and PS-43 outside the polling stations from February 15 to 17. The polling will be organized in the constituencies of Sindh’s Malir and Sanghar on February 16.
Frontier Corps (FC) personnel will be deployed from February 15 to 17 in Balochistan’s PB-20. In Punjab’s NA-75, Rangers officials will perform security duties outside the polling stations, whereas, the paramilitary troops will be deployed from February 18 to 20 in PP-51.
