ISLAMABAD: In a significant development ahead of the election on the vacant seat of capital’s mayor, three potential candidates are out of the electoral race even before submission of their nomination papers.
All the three deputy mayors belonging to the ruling PML-N in Metropolitan Corporation Islamabad (MCI) - Azam Khan, Syed Zeeshan Naqvi and Chaudhry Riffat Javed - were supposed to contest the election but they were told that only chairmen, vice chairmen and members of union councils (UCs) can contest the polls for the office of mayor.
The seat fell vacant on Oct 1 after the surprised resignation of Sheikh Anser Aziz. The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) is all set to hold the election on Dec 28.