Dawn: Opposition in desperate bid to field joint presidential candidate

Pakistani opposition leader Maulana Fazalur Rehman (2nd R) and Shahbaz Sharif (2ndL), the younger brother of ousted Pakistani prime minister and head of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N), attend an All Parties Conference in Islamabad on July 27, 2018. (AAMIR QURESHI/AFP)

September 3: Dawn report by Amjad Mahmood and Zulqernain Tahir states that the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz on Sunday made an appeal to the Pakistan Peoples Party leadership to withdraw its presidential candidate Aitzaz Ahsan in favour of the ‘joint’ opposition nominee Maulana Fazlur Rehman while, sources say, some PPP leaders may try to meet Nawaz Sharif to discuss the matter when he arrives to attend the hearing of NAB references against him in an accountability court in Islamabad on Monday (today).

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