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  • Zardari Meets Mengal To Seek Support for Aitzaz Ahsan

    Zardari Meets Mengal To Seek Support for Aitzaz Ahsan Zardari Meets Mengal To Seek Support for Aitzaz Ahsan

    The co-chairman Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) met with Balochistan National Party (BNP) on Monday to seek his support for PPP presidential candidate Aitzaz Ahsan.

    Zardari met BNP chief at Jahanzeb Jamal Dini residence in Parliament lodges.

    According to details, PPP co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari has launched a swift campaign to getting support for party nominee for presidential candidate Aitzaz Ahsan and he is meeting various leaders in this connection.

    Both the leaders also discussed overall presidential election issue in details.Sardar Akhter Mengal told the Zardari, who sought his support, that the final decision will be taken after the party consultation.

    The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has completed preparations for holding of presidential election on Tuesday (Sept 4).

    According to an ECP official, the polling for the election of President of Pakistan will be held at the Parliament House Islamabad and provincial assembly buildings of all the four provinces.

    The polling will start at 10am and continue till 4pm. Three candidates, including Aitzaz Ahsan, Arif-ur-Rehman Alvi and Fazlur Rehman are in the run for the top slot.

    Chief Election Commissioner Justice Sardar Muhammad Raza will serve as returning officer and high court chief justices as presiding officers.

    Five presiding officers appointed by the ECP for conduct of presidential election include Islamabad High Court Chief Justice for Senate of Pakistan and National Assembly, Lahore High Court Chief Justice for Provincial Assembly of the Punjab, High Court of Sindh Chief Justice for Provincial Assembly of Sindh, Peshawar High Court Chief Justice for Provincial Assembly of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan High Court Chief Justice for Provincial Assembly of Balochistan.