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KARACHI: Former prime minister and Pakistan Muslim League-N (PML-N) president Shehbaz Sharif will not contest election from NA-242 constituency in Karachi.
The development comes amid reports that Muttahida Qaumi Movement Pakistan (MQM-P) leader Mustafa Kamal had been asked to withdraw his candidacy from NA-242 to make room for Shehbaz Sharif.
Shehbaz’s candidacy for NA-242 was approved by the returning officer four days ago.
Meanwhile, PML-N Senator Nehal Hashmi said that Khawaja Shoaib will be PML-N’s candidate from NA-242 in place of Shehbaz Sharif as no consensus reached with MQM-P for seat adjustment.
Earlier, in a statement, Khalid Maqbool said that Mustafa Kamal will be MQM-P’s candidate from NA-242 – the constituency from where PML-N President Shehbaz Sharif is also contesting general elections.
In November, an MQM delegation including Kamal had called on Nawaz Sharif in Lahore where the two parties had announced they would jointly contest elections.
However, it later emerged that the details of a seat adjustment formula had not been worked out.
