Former prime minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi has said he won’t contest the election. In a media interaction in Islamabad, Shahid Khaqan, a stalwart of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N), ducked questions with regard to forming a new political party or quitting the PML-N. On a question estranged PML-N leader said, neither Nawaz Sharif contacted him, “nor I felt any need of it”.
