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The Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (Fazl) (JUI-F) candidate Maulana Hamidullah Roghani on Saturday withdrew his nomination papers in favour of the Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal (MMA) nominee and Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) leader Bukhtiar Maani for the December 15 by-polls in NA-35. According to a JI press release issued on Saturday, the JUI-F candidate's withdrawal had strengthened the MMA candidate's position and had dampened the rival parties' hopes to win the seat that the religious alliance had won in the 2002 elections. JI provincial head Sirajul Haq welcomed the JUI-F leader's move and said the Pakistan Muslim League nominee Salim Saifullah Khan would be defeated with a huge margin on December 15. |