Hafiz Saeed’s son and son-in-law contesting Elections from Punjab

Jamaatud Dawa (JuD) chief Hafiz Saeed’s son and son-in-law will contest the general elections for National Assembly seats from Punjab despite the fact that the world body UN has imposed sanctions on JuD and its leaders.

The JuD’s Deputy Information Secretary Ahmed Nadeem said on Friday that the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has accepted the nomination papers of Hafiz Talha Saeed (son) and Hafiz Khalid Waleed (son-in-law) for NA-91 (Sargodha-IV) and NA-133 (Lahore-XI) respectively, the official said.
The two are among 265 candidates who will be contesting the upcoming polls on the little-known Allah-o-Akbar Tehreek’s (AAT) ticket, the platform is being used by Milli Muslim League, the political front of the JuD because the ECP had earlier refused to register the Milli Muslim League (MML) as a political party, which was considered a political front for the JuD.
The MML will put forward candidates from 80 NA and 185 provincial seats from across Pakistan, but the focus will remain on Punjab, where 50 NA and 152 provincial assembly candidates will be contesting from.
NA-91 Sargodha, where Talha Saeed — a lecturer at a university in Lahore — is contesting from, includes his father’s native village, Chak 126 South. He will be using AAT’s symbol, the ‘chair’.
The AAT had earlier denied being in alliance with any political party and said that all candidates contesting the elections under its banner — including those from the MML — will also be members of the AAT.