November 8, 2017 6:22 PM

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Pakistan's Sunni parties form grand alliance to contest 2018 polls

Pakistan's religious-cum-political parties belonging to Sunni sect have formed a grand alliance to contest the next year's general elections under its banner. <br/><br/>Former Federal Minister for Religious Affairs of Pakistan Peoples Party regime Hamid Saeed Kazmi has been elected the temporary head of 'Nizam-i-Mustafa Grand Alliance'. <br/><br/>A five-member committee has been constituted to prepare the manifesto and constitution of the alliance. The alliance partners will meet on the 20th of this month to finalise its manifesto.<br/><br/>The Sunni alliance has been formed in the backdrop of two religious outfits – Taheek Labaik Ya Rasul Allah and Jamat-ud-Dawah's Milli Muslim League – performing well in recently held by-poll in Lahore's NA-120 where ousted Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif's wife Begum Kulsoom won the seat.

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