KARACHI: Pakistan Teh­re­ek-i-Insaf chief Imran Khan is arriving in the city on Tuesday (today) on a two-day visit to launch his and his party members’ election campaign.

Imran will visit District East from where he himself is contesting on NA-243, besides paying visits to other districts of the metropolis and addressing public gatherings.

Some of the major PTI candidates who are contesting for National Assembly and provincial assembly seats from the city are: Dr Arif Alvi, Ali Zaidi, Faisal Vawda, Najeeb Haroon, Imran Ismail and Khurram Sher Zaman.

During his stay, the PTI chief will also lay the foundation stone of a house for homeless children being built under the auspices of Fixit and participate in the meeting of Abad Association.

Published in Dawn, July 3rd, 2018

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