The Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) said on Tuesday that Mahmood Khan Achakzai did not make direct contact with the party over the presidential elections.
JI leader Maulana Abdul Haq Hashmi said: “It was three days ago that a delegation of the Pashtoonkhwa Milli Awami Party (PkMAP) visited the JI central office. During the meeting with the PkMAP delegation, the country’s political situation was discussed.”
“The JI has not even a single lawmaker in the National Assembly,” he added.
Hashmi maintained: “Two of the lawmakers are representing the JI in the Balochistan Assembly.”
Separately few days back, Sunni Ittehad Council (SIC) had decided to nominate Achakzai as its candidate for the top constitutional position.
Later, the Sunni Ittehad Council submitted the nomination papers of its presidential candidate, Mehmood Khan Achakzai, in the Islamabad High Court.
His proposer was SIC-backed PTI leader Ali Muhammad Khan, who was accompanied to the high court by other party leaders Omar Ayub Khan, Latif Khosa and Amir Dogar.
At the court, Khosa addressed the chief justice, saying they thought he would call them in the chamber and offer tea.
CJ Aamir Farooq said tea could be served after this as well. He added that Omar Ayub and Ali Muhammad Khan had come to court for the first time.
Khan said he had been coming to seek justice, while Khosa said Ayub had appeared for the first time.
