KHAR: Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf’s youth wing, Bajaur chapter, activists on Sunday announced support for former lawmaker Shahabuddin Khan and his son in the upcoming general elections.
Addressing a news conference on Sunday, PTI youth wing president Malik Riaz Khan said the decision was made at a meeting on Saturday due to dismay over the PTI local leadership’s failure to respond to their reservations over the award of party tickets for NA-40 and NA-41.
Malik Riaz added that their reservations over the ticket distribution fell on deaf ears, prompting them to lend their support to Shahbuddin Khan and his son.
The PTI youth activists said they would not only support Shahbuddin and his son in the elections but would also run their election campaign to ensure that they defeated the PTI contestants. They shut down all claims that they were getting money from them, saying that Shahbuddin had played a key role in the implementation of Fata reforms.
Shahabuddin Khan, who was also present on the occasion, thanked the PTI youth activists for supporting him and his son in the elections.
Meanwhile, the Tribal Electric Supply Company (Tesco) on Sunday asked the parties and poll candidates not to put up their flags, posters and banners on the electricity poles to avoid violating the ECP code of conduct. Tesco also requested the local administration and the election commission to help curb the dangerous practice
[…] Source: Pakistan Today […]
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