{"id":310713,"date":"2023-01-31T08:33:33","date_gmt":"2023-01-31T03:33:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/?p=310713"},"modified":"2023-01-31T08:33:33","modified_gmt":"2023-01-31T03:33:33","slug":"pdm-coalition-members-differ-over-contesting-by-elections","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/pdm-coalition-members-differ-over-contesting-by-elections\/","title":{"rendered":"PDM coalition members differ over contesting by elections"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>PPP decides to contest by polls, invites applications for party ticket<br \/>\nDNA<br \/>\nISLAMABAD<br \/>\nDifferences have surfaced in ruling coalition over contesting by elections. All efforts by the chief of Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM), Maulana Fazlur Rehman, have failed to adopt a unanimous stance by the components of the political grouping over the participation in by elections.<br \/>\nPakistan People\u2019s Party has decided to contest the by polls and formally informed the PDM leadership about its decision, sources said. According to sources, Fazlur Rehman has held two meetings with the PPP leadership to convince the party not to contest the by election.<br \/>\nPPP sources said that the party has taken decision to contest by election over the pressure within the party ranks. Party leaders have forced the leadership to participate in general election. According to party sources, People\u2019s Party has been free to take its political decisions and will not take dictation of any other party or group.<br \/>\n\u201cMaulana Fazlur Rehman had announced boycott of by elections without consulting other parties\u201d, sources said. Sources said that the PPP will contact other PDM parties for support in the election.<br \/>\nIt is to be mentioned here that the MQM, another member of the PDM, has already announced to contest the by election. The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has released schedule for by-polls on 33 National Assembly seats vacated by Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) MNAs.<br \/>\nThe ECP has decided to hold by-polls on these NA seats on March 16, for which nomination papers can be received from February 06 to 08. Meanwhile on Monday, the Pakistan People\u2019s Party has decided to contest by polls on the National Assembly seats and invited applications from the party\u2019s candidates.<br \/>\nSeasoned PPP leader Farhatullah Babar has called the party candidates to submit their applications for party tickets by February 03. The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has released the schedule for by-polls on 33 National Assembly seats vacated by Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf MNAs.<br \/>\nThe ECP has decided to hold by-polls on 33 NA seats on March 16, for which nomination papers can be received from February 06 to 08. Former premier Imran Khan will contest the by election for all 33 vacant seats of the National Assembly, scheduled to take place on March 16, party\u2019s senior vice-president Shah Mehmood Qureshi announced on Sunday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PPP decides to contest by polls, invites applications for party ticket DNA ISLAMABAD Differences have surfaced in ruling coalition over contesting by elections. All efforts by the chief of Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM), Maulana Fazlur Rehman, have failed to adopt a unanimous stance by the components of the political grouping over the participation in by [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-310713","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-top-news"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>PDM coalition members differ over contesting by elections<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/pdm-coalition-members-differ-over-contesting-by-elections\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"PDM coalition members differ over contesting by elections\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"PPP decides to contest by polls, invites applications for party ticket DNA ISLAMABAD Differences have surfaced in ruling coalition over contesting by elections. 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