Prime Minister Muhammad Nawaz Sharif has said that the PML-N has chosen a non-controversial figure from a smaller province for the presidential election with the objective to strengthen the federation.
He was talking to Chief of JUI-F‚ Maulana Fazal ur Rehman‚ who called on him in Islamabad Thursday.
Nawaz Sharif said all political parties would be contacted for eliciting maximum support for the PML-N nominee Mamnoon Hussain in the upcoming presidential contest.
Finance Minister Ishaq Dar and JUI leaders Maulana Abdul Ghafoor Haidri and Akram Khan Durrani also attended the meeting.
After the meeting‚ the JUI-F Chief said that his party will decide about supporting any presidential candidate tomorrow.
Balloting will be held on July 30 from 10am to 3pm at the Parliament House in Islamabad and at the buildings of four provincial assemblies.