PESHAWAR: Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) would contest the upcoming general election on its own, the party Chief Munawwar Hassan announced on Saturday
In his address to a gathering of the Islami Jamiat Talaba at JI’s provincial headquarters Al Markaz Al-Islami, Hassan said his party has finally decided to go solo in the elections with its election symbol, a scale and its own flag, adding that JI will opt for seat adjustment with other parties.
JI chief said the party’s provincial chapters would enter into talks with other political parties to make seat adjustments in the polls.
In addition, he said that directions have also been issued to provincial leaders to present their reports to the party’s central leadership after holding discussions with other parties at the earliest.
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