Will the EC accept them this time? What absurdity. They’ll snatch away the hard earned seats from their party members by withdrawing some of their winning members and deprive them of the pleasures of being an MNA.
Nawaz, Shahbaz to contest by-polls: PML-N
By By our vorrespondent
2/26/2008 LAHORE: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz President Mian Shahbaz Sharif said he and Nawaz Sharif would contest by-polls.
Talking to media persons at his Defence Housing Authority residence here on Monday, he said they were considering from which constituency they would contest and that there are plenty of options.
He said the PPP in collaboration with the PML-N would form government in the Centre while the PML-N would form the government in Punjab likewise with the PPP. He said they were enjoying support of a significant number of independent candidates. The PML-Q forward bloc also wanted to cooperate with PML-N, he said.
He reiterated that they would restore the judiciary to pre-November 3 level and the 1973 Constitution. He said independents, including MPA Malik Waris, Malik Khuda Bakhsh Tiwana and Malik Asif had announced to join the PML-N.
Earlier, he demanded resignation of President Pervez Musharraf. Mian Shahbaz Sharif said the president should respect public mandate and quit power. He said that President Pervez Musharraf should prefer national interest to personal and let the politicians rule. “Pervez Musharraf shall immediately resign and declare that it is between public and the new rulers to decide future course of the country,” he said.