“It had been decided in the Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) that the PPP would not field its candidate in the by-poll against the seat vacated by the PML-N but it (PPP) did not honour the commitment,” PML-N Punjab information secretary Azma Bokhari told Dawn on Friday.
“We will not ask the PPP to withdraw its candidate in favour of the PML-N in Khushab or elsewhere.”
She said the PPP would come to know how many votes it bagged in by-polls in Punjab.
The PPP has awarded a ticket to Ghulam Habib Ahmed for PP-84 Khushab by-poll. The seat fell vacant after the death of PML-N MPA Waris Kalu. The PML-N has awarded the ticket to Kalu’s son Barrister Muazzam.
In the recent Daska and Wazirabad by-polls, the PPP had supported the PML-N candidates. After the election for the opposition leader in the Senate, the gulf between the two mainstream parties of the PDM widened.