Imran Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party on Saturday said that it has nominated party’s veteran lawmaker Dr. Arif Alvi as its candidate for the President.
The Election Commission of Pakistan had announced on Thursday that the presidential election will be held on September 4 — five days before the expiry of the five-year term of President Mamnoon Hussain.
A dentist by profession, Dr. Alvi, 69, is one of the founding members of PTI. He served as the party’s secretary general from 2006 to 2013. He won the National Assembly elections from NA-247 (Karachi) during the July 25 polls.
The candidates can file nominations till August 27 and the final list of contesting candidates will be issued on August 30.