PML-N, MQM-P to contest February 8 polls jointly in Pakistan

LAHORE: Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz (PML-N) and a Karachi-based party, Muttahida Qaumi Movement Pakistan (MQM-P), on Tuesday announced that they would be jointly contesting the general elections scheduled on February 8, according to a media report. "The development comes following a meeting of an

MQM-P

delegation with the

PML-N

supremo Nawaz Sharif in Lahore at the party's Model Town secretariat," Geo News reported.

On Monday, top leaders of the PML-N and the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) announced that they would work together for the betterment of the country. It was declared after former premier Nawaz Sharif and ex-president Asif Ali Zardari discussed the political situation among other things.