The Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) senior leader Raza Rabbani has announced the party's decision to boycott the upcoming presidential election.
The Dawn News reports PPP's former Law Minister of Sindh, Ayaz Soomro, has informed the Chief Election Commissioner in writing about the party's decision.
The Awami National Party (ANP), the Balochistan National Party (BNP), and the Pakistan Muslim League - Quaid (PML-Q) also announced a boycott of the presidential poll, the report added.
According to the report, the opposition party said that enough time was not given to campaign for the presidential election.
Earlier, the ruling Pakistan Muslim Legue - Nawaz (PML-N) had written to the election commission requesting to delay the polls as the announced presidential elections were falling in the last 10 days of Ramazan.
Pakistan's ceremonial president is elected by the lawmakers in the Senate, National Assembly and the assemblies of the four provinces.
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