ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) has withdrawn the party ticket earlier given to Rafiullah as a candidate from the upcoming by-elections in NA-45, Kurram-1. The PPP’s general secretary, Farhatullah Babar, in a letter addressed to the secretary Election Commission of Pakistan, informed the ECP that the party had decided to withdraw its candidate from the upcoming by-elections in NA-45 Kurram-1 and requested the ECP not to print the PPP’s candidate’s name on the ballot papers. Initially, the PPP in line with the PDM’s decision will support the JUI-F candidate as the NA seat became vacant due to the death of Munir Orakzai.
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