ISLAMABAD: A fresh list of 166 political parties that have registered was made public on Wednesday by the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP).
The names of various political party chairs and new presidents have also been updated by the electoral authority.
Nawaz Sharif has been updated as the party’s new president, according a document provided by the ECP. The body has acknowledged the intra-party presidential polls held by the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N).
The Pakistan Peoples Party Parliamentarian (PPPP) has officially recognized President Asif Ali Zardari as its leader, while Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari has been named as the party’s chairman by the legislature.
The Jamaat-e-Islami intraparty elections, in which Hafiz Naeem-ur-Rehman Khan was named as the party’s leader, were also acknowledged by the electoral body.