ISLAMABAD: The Sunni Ittehad Council (SIC) Saturday nominated the Pashtunkhwa Milli Awami Party (PKMAP) chief Mahmood Khan Achakzai as their presidential nominee.
The SIC announced its decision today, nominating Achakzai to contest for the top constitutional post against Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari, who is a joint candidate of the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) and other political parties part of the coalition set to form a government in the Centre.
Achakzai won the National Assembly seat from the NA-266 constituency in Balochistan’s Kila Abdullah-cum-Chaman.
PTI founder Imran Khan, who is incarcerated in Rawalpindi’s Adiala jail, has urged his party’s lawmakers to vote for the veteran politician.
PTI Chairman Barrister Gohar Khan has confirmed the nomination of Achakzai for the presidential poll.
