ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) is believed to have chalked out strategy to outnumber Raja Riaz-led opposition group in the National Assembly and tighten political noose around PM Shehbaz-led PDM coalition when party Chairman and former premier Imran Khan decided not to contest by-polls on 33 National Assembly (NA) seats scheduled for March 16.
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Reports from multiple media outlets suggested that the PTI chief has decided to field other party candidates for by-polls on 33 NA seats, and it was for this purpose that Imran Khan withdrew his candidature for by-poll for a National Assembly constituency.
The by-election on the NA-193, Rajanpur constituency, will be held on Feb 26 for which the PTI had nominated Khan as candidate.
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PTI is now reported to have issued a ticket to former provincial minister Sardar Mohsin Leghari for the upcoming by-polls scheduled for February 26.
It is pertinent to mention here that by-polls on 33 NA seats would be held on March 16, for which nomination papers can be received from February 6 to 8.
The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) recently denotified 35 Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) MNAs after the NA speaker accepted their resignations. NA speaker Raja Pervaiz Ashraf accepted the resignations of 113 PTI members last week in phases.
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