{"id":46929,"date":"2024-01-12T09:22:03","date_gmt":"2024-01-12T09:22:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/anp-withdraws-from-na-242-in-favour-of-shehbaz-sharif\/"},"modified":"2024-01-12T09:22:03","modified_gmt":"2024-01-12T09:22:03","slug":"anp-withdraws-from-na-242-in-favour-of-shehbaz-sharif","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/anp-withdraws-from-na-242-in-favour-of-shehbaz-sharif\/","title":{"rendered":"ANP withdraws from NA-242 in favour of Shehbaz Sharif"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_86\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<p><strong>KARACHI: The Awami National Party (ANP) on Friday announced the withdrawal of its candidate for the upcoming elections in NA-242 Karachi in favour of PML-N\u2019s President and former prime minister Shehbaz Sharif, ARY News reported.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The ANP had fielded Arshad Sohaill, but the party withdrew his candidacy after talks with the PML-N.<\/p>\n<p>The development comes after PML-N delegation held a meeting with ANP Sindh chief Shahi Syed at his residence in Karachi.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, NA-242 remains the point of contention after both PML-N President Shehbaz Sharif and MQM-P Senior Deputy Convener Mustafa Kamal filed nomination papers for the constituency<\/p>\n<p>Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan (MQM-P) on Thursday released the final list of party candidates for National Assembly seats from Karachi.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Read More:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/arynews.tv\/no-seat-adjustment-with-pml-n-for-na-242-as-mqm-p-unveils-karachi-candidates\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">No seat adjustment with PML-N for NA-242 as MQM-P unveils Karachi candidates<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>MQM-P has decided against fielding candidates in 15 constituencies \u2013 five national and 10 provincial \u2013 of Karachi to accommodate the allied parties, mainly the PML-N.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement released by party yesterday, Khalid Maqbool said that Mustafa Kamal will be MQM-P\u2019s candidate from NA-242 \u2013 the constituency from where PML-N President Shehbaz Sharif is also contesting general elections.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAll reports regarding seat adjustment with PML-N on NA-242 seat are baseless,\u201d he clarified.<\/p>\n<p>Siddiqui\u2019s clarification came after it emerged that Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan (MQM-P) and Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N have agreed over seat adjustment on Karachi\u2019s NA-242 seat.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><script type=\"rocketlazyloadscript\">\n  window.fbAsyncInit = function() {\n    FB.init({\n      appId      : '161345524510473',\n      cookie     : true,\n      xfbml      : true,\n      version    : 'v3.0'\n    });\n    FB.AppEvents.logPageView();   \n  };\n  (function(d, s, id){\n     var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];\n     if (d.getElementById(id)) {return;}\n     js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id;\n     js.src = \"https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/sdk.js\";\n     fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);\n   }(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk'));\n<\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>KARACHI: The Awami National Party (ANP) on Friday announced the withdrawal of its candidate for the upcoming elections in NA-242 Karachi in favour of PML-N\u2019s President and former prime minister Shehbaz Sharif, ARY News reported. The ANP had fielded Arshad Sohaill, but the party withdrew his candidacy after talks with the PML-N. 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