LARKANA: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) candidate Senator Saifullah Abro met with Pakistan Peoples Party Chairman Bilawal Bhutto on Friday and decided to withdraw in his favor from NA-194 Larkana.
PTI had fielded Senator Saifullah Abro against Bilawal Bhutto in Larkana, the hometown of the PPP chairman.
The PPP has released a statement from its official spokesperson, stating that Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari met with PTI Senator Saifullah Abro at Bilawal House Lahore, where he announced his withdrawal from the NA-194 elections. He stated that together, they will strive to halt the PMLN’ s path.
لاہور: پاکستان پیپلزپارٹی کے چیئرمین بلاول بھٹو زرداری کی بلاول ہاؤس میں پی ٹی آئی کے سینیٹر سیف اللہ ابڑو سے ملاقات ہوئی جس میں انہوں نے این اے 194 کے انتخابات سے دستبرداری کا اعلان کردیا اور کہا کہ ساتھ مل کر شیر کا راستہ روکیں گے۔@BBhuttoZardari pic.twitter.com/MBnryncn5j
— PPP (@MediaCellPPP) January 26, 2024
Senator Saifullah Abro also confirmed his withdrawal in his post on social media platform X.
میری کل چئیرمین پیپلزپارٹی بلاول بھٹو زرداری سے ملاقات کی اور اپنے حلقہ NA-194 سے دستبردار ہوتا ہوں۔ یہاں بلاول بھٹو زرداری کے حق میں دستبردار ہوکر شیر کا مقابلہ کرنے کا فیصلہ کیا ہے۔@BBhuttoZardari #PPP #PTI https://t.co/ZoPdoRrl6z
— Senator Saifullah Abro (@SaifullahA_PTI) January 26, 2024
PTI founder Imran Khan had stated that his party would contest elections in all constituencies, and no electoral alliance or seat adjustment would be made with any political party.
Abro was elected to the Senate in 2021 from Sindh on a PTI ticket and was supposed to remain part of the upper house till 2027.
