Pakistan Peoples Party Parliamentarians (PPPP) has issued the party ticket to Abdul Hakeem Baloch for NA-258 Malir by-elections. According to details, The PML-N Member National Assembly (MNA) Abdul Hakeem Baloch had recently resigned from the party and joined PPP. Baloch was serving as Minister of State in Nawaz Sharif cabinet. He was elected from the constituency NA-258 on PML-N ticket in General Election 2013, the only National Assembly seat of PML-N from Sindh.