GWADAR: Former education minister Zubaida Jalal is all set to defect from the Pakistan Muslim League-Qauid (PML-Q) to the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP), sources told Online.
Zubaida developed differences with the PML-Q Balochistan leadership for not awarding an election ticket to her. The sources said that she would soon announce her joining the PPP. online
ISLAMABAD: As many as 10 candidates have been nominated by different political parties to contest on three National Assembly seats reserved for women from Balochistan.
Almost all the major political parties have nominated their candidates to contest on seats reserved for women, including the Pakistan Muslim League (PML-Q), the Pakistan Peopleís Party (PPP), the Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal (MMA), the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) and the regional parties.
According to the Election Commission of Pakistan, the PML and the MMA have nominated three candidates each while PPP, PML-N, National Party (NP) and Balochistan National Party-Awami (BNP-A) have nominated one candidate each for the National Assembly reserved seats for women.
Those nominated by the PML include Dr Noor Jahan Panezai, Faryal Hussain Khan and Zubaida Jalal.
The candidates nominated by the MMA include Asiya Nasir, Aliya Kamran and Farhana Nawaz.
Other candidates include Nazish Ayaz (PML-N), Dr Zil-e-Huma (PPP), Samina Khan (NP) and Farah Azeem Shah (BNP-A).
Aalsi, with honest and loyal people like Faheem, the actual President of the PPP-P being humiliated by Zardari and his like, what would Zubaida do wanting this group?