ISLAMABAD: Information Minister Fawad Chaudhry stated on Wednesday that he was surprised on Khursheed Shah’s claim that the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) suggested Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) to nominate Aitzaz Ahsan for the slot of President of Pakistan.
The information minister Tweeted, “Surprised on Khursheed Shah Statement, PTI Candidate Arif Alvi is winning hands down so Aitzaz sb should be requested to withdraw from the Presidential race.”
He added, “Otherwise won’t make any difference as in any case Arif Alvi is poised to win with the biggest majority of recent political history.”
Surprised on Khursheed Shah Statement,PTI Candidate @ArifAlvi is winning hands down so Aitzaz sb shld be requested to withdraw from Presidential race, otherwise wont make any difference as in any case @ArifAlvi is poised to win with biggest majority of recent political history
— Ch Fawad Hussain (@fawadchaudhry) August 29, 2018
Earlier, the PPP leader had said that the name of Aitzaz Ahsan as ‘mutual presidential candidate’ was suggested to the party by their main political opposition party, PTI.
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According to Shah, the PTI’s Fawad Chaudhry had approached PPP for fielding a mutual candidate for presidential elections.
“Chaudhry tabled name of Aitzaz Ahsan as a mutual presidential candidate but we named Asif Ali Zardari (the party’s co-chairman), he added.
PPP leader further said that in the meeting, Chaudhry said that “Shah jee, we should field a mutual candidate for the presidential election.”
After which, PPP leaders proposed the name of former president Asif Ali Zardari which was immediately turned down by PTI leader.
Fawad was then asked to name the candidate of her choice and the PTI spokesperson came up with the name of senior lawyer Aitzaz Ahsan, which Shah had accepted, the PPP leader claimed.
Shah accused that PTI did not make any further contacts and picked Arif Alvi as their presidential candidate.
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The ruling Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) has nominated Dr Arif Alvi for the post of president, while opposition parties except the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) have nominated Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman for the slot of president
The PPP has nominated senior party’s leader and lawyer Aitzaz Ahsan as its presidential candidate.
