World | Pakistan

Sharif to run in parliament by-election

The party of former prime minister Nawaz Sharif said on Saturday its leader in the next parliament will be elected through a by-poll.

  • By Shahid Hussain, Correspondent
  • Published: 00:44 February 3, 2008
  • Gulf News

Islamabad: The party of former prime minister Nawaz Sharif said on Saturday its leader in the next parliament will be elected through a by-poll.

Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz information secretary Ahsen Iqbal said the party was confident of winning majority in the February 18 elections. After that, he told the state-run television, the party would remove all hurdles in the way of Sharif to contest. Sharif would be nominated for premier after his election.

  • Rate this article
  • Average reader rating (0 votes) 0 Stars
Tools

Emailing an article to friend is a simple way to share a news item. Your friend will receive an email with your name and email address as well any personal message you choose to send.

The information you provide on this page will not be used to send unsolicited emails.

This service is not intended to encourage spam, and action may be taken against individuals who maliciously enter personal details of another individual.

Share this article

More from Pakistan

  1. Army officials held over terror links

  2. Government unveils progressive agenda

  3. 18 militants killed in Khyber

  4. Lashkar menace for India not expected to diminish

All articles in Pakistan

More from World

Gulf News
Popular in World

More from world

News Editor's choice