JUI-F decides to support Nawaz-League presidential candidate

PESHAWAR: The Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam Fazl (JUI-F) has decided to support Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) candidate for presidential election Mamnoon Hussain.
The decision was taken at a meeting of the parliamentary party of the JUI-F chaired Maulana Fazlur Rehman late Monday night.The presidential election would be held today (Tuesday) in which two candidates PML-Ns Mamnoon Hussain and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI)'s Justice (retd) Wajihuddin are left in the field after the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) announced to boycott the polls and Zafar Iqbal Jhagra, a covering candidate for Hussain withdrew his candidature.