PTI nominates Arif Alvi as Pakistan presidential candidate

Islamabad Aug 19 (IANS) Pakistan s new Prime Minister Imran Khan who is also chairman of the ruling Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party(PTI) has on Saturday announced to nominate Arif Alvi as the party s candidate for the office of the President of the country Information Minister-designate Fawad Chaudhry said.
Pakistan will hold presidential elections on September 4 to elect President Mamnoon Hussain s successor at the end of his five-year-tenure. Hussain was the nominee of former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif. Pakistan s President is elected by the members of the National Assembly or the lower house of Pakistan s parliament senate and the four provincial assemblies. Arif Alvi a senior politician and currently the member of the National Assembly or lower house of the parliament is considered as the close confidant of Imran Khan. He is a founding member of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf and was the Secretary-General of the party from 2006 till 2013.
--IANS ahm/