Rana Aslam and Hassan Mehmood, two candidates from the PML-N who were running for Punjab Assembly seats in the NA-154 constituency of Lodhran, on Thursday announced their decision to join PTI, a month before the by-elections on the seat.
In an apparent setback for the ruling party, which had announced their intention to contest the elections, Rana Aslam and Hassan Mehmood addressed a press conference alongside senior PTI leader Jahangir Tareen in Lodhran.
Rana Aslam had filed nomination papers for provincial assembly seat, PP-210, and Hassan Mehmood for PP-211. Both the seats fall in NA-154 (Lodhran) that fell vacant after an Election Tribunal last month ordered the disqualification of PML-N’s Siddique Baloch over his fake degree. Re-elections will be held in the NA-154 constituency on October 11.
