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ISLAMABAD: Twelve lawmakers of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf (PTI) have reportedly offered support to Pakistan Democratic Movement’s (PDM) candidate for Senate elections, Yousuf Raza Gillani, according to sources.
Relevant sources have informed Gillani met PML-N leaders in Lahore on Thursday. Gillani told Maryam Nawaz that 12 PTI MNAs have assured him of their support if he convinces the PML-N to give them tickets in the next general election
Maryam has assured Gillani of her party’s help, the sources claimed. PML-N leader Nawaz Sharif has already offered his party’s full support to PPP co-chairperson Asif Ali Zardari for Gillani’s bid in the Senate election.
The former prime minister is the opposition’s joint candidate from Islamabad in the Senate election.