Summary Hashmi, Dogar start making political contacts as PTI announces support for Aamir Dogar
MULTAN: (Dunya News) – Pakistan Muslim League – Nawaz (PML-N) has decided to support Makhdoom Javed Hashmi in the by-election on NA-149 while Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) had announced support for independent candidate Aamir Dogar. Both the candidates have started making political contacts for their success.
Although there are 18 candidates contesting this by-election yet Javed Hashmi and Aamir Dogar have become important candidates after securing support from PML-N and PTI respectively. NA-149 is an urban area in which PML-N has defeated PTI and Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) on most occasions but 342,000 voters of this constituency will decide the fates of Javed Hashmi’s basket and Aamir Dogar’s rabbit on 286 polling stations. Javed Hashmi’s election symbol is basket while rabbit is Aamir Dogar’s.
PPP’s Dr. Javed Siddique is also contesting from this constituency but he has his campaign limited to posters, banners and pamphlets so far. How much Imran Khan’s public gathering can be effective in this constituency will also be decided by the constituents of NA-149 on 16th of October.
