Former foreign minister Hina Rabbani Khar is contesting by-election as an independent candidate from NA-177, the seat vacated by Jamshed Dasti. Ghulam Rabbani Khar, Hina’s father and expected candidate of Pakistan People’s Party, may withdraw his nomination papers in favour of his daughter. Family sources revealed that the Khar family was trying to field a unanimous candidate to regain their family seat which they lost in the May 11 general elections. Meanwhile, former governor Ghulam Mustafa Khar, who is president of Pakistan Muslim League-Functional Punjab, is trying to get the PML-N ticket for the same seat.
