ISLAMABAD: Minister for Information and Broadcasting Marriyum Aurangzeb has denied rumours about the withdrawal of nomination papers by the ruling parties\u2019 candidates for the election in Punjab. \u201cNo such decision has been taken by the leadership [of the parties of the ruling alliance],\u201d she said while dubbing reports \u201cfalse\u201d as well as \u201cpropaganda\u201d. Marriyum said the parties in the coalition government wanted elections across the country simultaneously but these reports were \u201cbaseless and concocted\u201d. She also urged the media to verify from the spokespersons of the parties before publishing such news. The parties in the coalition government would contest elections against Imran Khan in a befitting way, she said while calling him the \u201cforeign agent fitna, thief of a wrist watch and a person who violated the constitution.\u201d DNA<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
ISLAMABAD: Minister for Information and Broadcasting Marriyum Aurangzeb has denied rumours about the withdrawal of nomination papers by the ruling parties\u2019 candidates for the election in Punjab. \u201cNo such decision has been taken by the leadership [of the parties of the ruling alliance],\u201d she said while dubbing reports \u201cfalse\u201d as well as \u201cpropaganda\u201d. Marriyum said […]<\/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-324459","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-top-news"},"yoast_head":"\n