PML(Q) candidate decides to contest independently

ATTOCK—Former provincial minister of Punjab (PML-Q) Col (Retd) Shujah Khanzada has announced to quit party and contest as Independent candidate for PP-16 Attock-II. He made the announcement in a press conference in his native village Shadi Khan, in protest for not awarding him ticket for the seat. Earlier the former state minister Malik Amin Aslam had resigned from PML-Q on Wednesday. He said he would submit his resignation within the next 24 hours to the party office.—Agencies