Imran Khan nominates Mahmood Khan Achakzai as presidential candidate

Islamabad: The Sunni Ittehad Council (SIC) backed by Imran Khan's party on Saturday named the Pashtun­khwa Milli Awami Party chief Mahmood Khan Achakzai as their presidential candidate against Asif Ali Zardari, the joint nominee of the PML-N and the PPP.

Achakzai, 75, was nominated for the post against the



Pakistan Peoples Party's senior leader and former president Asif Ali Zardari, Geo News reported.

Zardari, 68, is a joint candidate of the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) and other political parties part of the coalition set to form a government in the Centre.