report in Dawn, December 26th, 2023
MANSEHRA: The Pakistan Peoples Party has approached the Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam-Fazl for seat adjustment in the Feb 8 elections to two national and five provincial assembly seats here.
“The PPP recently contacted us through its provincial general secretary, Shujah Salim Khan, with a request for seat adjustment here but we have yet to respond to it,” JUI-F provincial deputy emir Hidayatullah Shah told reporters on Monday.
He said the PPPwanted seat adjustment across Hazara Division.
“Our central parliamentary board has empowered provincial and district bodies to make seat adjustment or electrical alliances their respective areas,” he said.
Mr Shah said other parties, too, were in contact with the JUI-F for cooperation in elections in Hazara division but the latter would decide about it considering its interests.
“All political parties except the PTI and the PML-N have contacted us at district level for seat adjustment but we have yet to take a decision on it for consideration by our central board headed by emir Maulana Fazlur Rehman,” he said.
Meanwhile, former opposition leader in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly and JUI-F leader Shahzada Gustasab Khan has decided to contest election in the NA-15 constituency here without seeking the party’s approval.
“I’m committed to contesting the NA-15 election,” he told Dawn…….
https://www.dawn.com/news/1800796/jui-f-contacted-by-ppp-for-seat-adjustment-in-mansehra
