Candidate’s oath on Holy Quran goes viral

MUZAFFARGARH: Makhdoom Basit Sultan Bukhari is a candidate from two constituencies, NA-176 and NA-177, and provincial constituencies PP-272 and 273 of Muzaffargarh.

A video clip of Basit Bukhari swearing allegiance to his supporters on the Holy Quran went viral on Monday. 

The oath wording said that every decision of Basit Bukhari would be followed. The supporters swore that the ‘evil’ elements, who were propagating against them were not true.

Basit said his opponents were doing propaganda about his political strength. He claimed that the oath was taken on the wish of former chairmen. The purpose of the oath was to give an effective response to the propaganda of the opponents, he added.