DG Khan: By polls in PP 243, PP 245 to be held on May 7

These two provincial seats of the Punjab Assembly fell vacant due to the resignation of PML-Q legislator Muhammad Mohsin Khan Leghari and senior adviser to the Punjab chief minister, Sardar Zulfiqar Ali Khan Khosa. The two had been elected as Senators.The election campaign continues to as each party is trying hard to get its candidate elected in the by-election but large majority of the voters is disappointed from the candidates of both big parties.Zulfiqar Ali Khosa’s son Hasam-uddin Khosa is contesting in PP 243 on the ticket of PML-N while 6 other candidates are contesting as independent.Meanwhile, eight candidates including Muhammad Khan Leghari of PML-Q and Mirza Talpur of PML-N are contesting in PP 245.It is worth mentioning here that no candidate of Pakistan People’s Party is contesting from both of the constituencies however PPP ticket holder in 2008 elections Dr Saeed Buzdar has announced to contest the election as an independent candidate.