{"id":49655,"date":"2024-01-19T04:07:05","date_gmt":"2024-01-19T04:07:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/q-to-support-bilawal-from-lahores-na-127-after-pml-n-snub\/"},"modified":"2024-01-19T04:07:05","modified_gmt":"2024-01-19T04:07:05","slug":"q-to-support-bilawal-from-lahores-na-127-after-pml-n-snub","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/q-to-support-bilawal-from-lahores-na-127-after-pml-n-snub\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Q\u2019 to support Bilawal from Lahore\u2019s NA-127 after PML-N snub"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<p>LAHORE: After rescinding the seat adjustment talks with PML-N, the Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain-led PML-Q has started openly supporting PPP\u2019s Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari in the race for National Assembly\u2019s constituency, NA-127 Lahore.<\/p>\n<p>Addressing a press conference at the PPP secretariat on Thursday, PML-Q chief organiser and former Punjab governor Chaudhry Muhammad Sarwar announced his party\u2019s backing for Mr Bhutto-Zardari.<\/p>\n<p>The PPP leader is up against PML-N\u2019s Attaullah Tarar in NA-127.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"media  sm:w-1\/2  w-full  media--right  media--embed  media--uneven\">\n<p>    <iframe class=\"nk-iframe\" onload=\"setInterval(()=&gt;{try{this.style.height=this.contentWindow.document.body.scrollHeight+'px';}catch{}}, 100)\" width=\"100%\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" style=\"height:400px;position:relative\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dawn.com\/news\/card\/1805348\" sandbox=\"allow-same-origin allow-scripts allow-popups allow-modals allow-forms\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Terming the PPP chairman \u201cfuture of the country\u201d who always speaks for equality, he said Lahore would not disappoint the son of former prime minister Benazir Bhutto.<\/p>\n<p>He suggested PTI extend a helping hand for the PPP leader\u2019s success, saying it would be the \u201cbest diplomatic move\u201d against PML-N.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Sarwar said he would focus on the success of Mr Bhutto-Zardari from Lahore as \u201cit would strengthen the federation\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>In reply to a question, he added that PML-Q\u2019s support for the PPP leader was not due to any personal benefit; instead, he considered him the best candidate and was satisfied with his performance as the foreign minister during his 16-month stint.<\/p>\n<p>He said that supporting Mr Bhutto-Zardari was not just his personal decision; the PML-Q head, Mr Hussain, gave it a green signal.<\/p>\n<p>According to Mr Sarwar, his love for PPP \u201cis not new\u201d, and his relations with the Bhutto family have spanned over 40 years.<\/p>\n<p>He recalled that when Benazir Bhutto was campaigning against dictatorship, he stood by her side. \u201cPPP has never done divisive politics.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The former governor advised political parties to \u201crespect each other\u201d and urged the authorities concerned to provide a level playing field to all political players.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"media  sm:w-1\/2  w-full  media--right  media--embed  media--uneven\">\n<p>    <iframe class=\"nk-iframe\" onload=\"setInterval(()=&gt;{try{this.style.height=this.contentWindow.document.body.scrollHeight+'px';}catch{}}, 100)\" width=\"100%\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" style=\"height:400px;position:relative\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dawn.com\/news\/card\/1806368\" sandbox=\"allow-same-origin allow-scripts allow-popups allow-modals allow-forms\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Meanwhile, the PML-Q has also withdrawn its candidates from NA-117 and two Punjab Assembly seats, PP-145 and PP-146, in favour of the Istehkam-i-Pakistan Party (IPP) candidates.<\/p>\n<p>In a meeting attended by Mr Sarwar and IPP president Abdul Aleem Khan, PML-Q\u2019s candidate from NA-117, Mian Waheed Ahmed, announced his withdrawal from the contest.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Khan is IPP\u2019s candidate from NA-117. Similarly, Syed Hashmat Ali and Syed Rashid Riaz, candidates from PP-145 and PP-146, respectively, also announced that they would run the election campaign for the IPP chief instead of contesting the election.<\/p>\n<p><em>Published in Dawn, January 19th, 2024<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LAHORE: After rescinding the seat adjustment talks with PML-N, the Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain-led PML-Q has started openly supporting PPP\u2019s Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari in the race for National Assembly\u2019s constituency, NA-127 Lahore. Addressing a press conference at the PPP secretariat on Thursday, PML-Q chief organiser and former Punjab governor Chaudhry Muhammad Sarwar announced his party\u2019s backing for [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":49656,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/i.dawn.com\/large\/2024\/01\/19074533ff33147.png?r=074655","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-49655","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-top-news"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49655","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=49655"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49655\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/49656"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=49655"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=49655"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=49655"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}