Imran Khan to contest all 33 parliamentary seats in upcoming by-polls

Lahore: Pakistan's ousted prime minister Imran Khan will contest all 33 National Assembly seats in the by-elections to be held on March 16, his party has announced, in a move to frustrate the ruling coalition and put more pressure on it to call snap polls.

Addressing a press conference here on Sunday evening, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) vice-chairman and former foreign



minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi said the decision was taken during the party's core committee meeting held here.

"Imran Khan will be PTI's sole candidate on all 33 parliamentary seats. The decision was taken in the party's core committee meeting which was presided over by Khan at Zaman Park Lahore on Sunday," Qureshi said on Sunday.