Najib’s son Nizar eyeing state seat under Pekan


With mum’s blessings: Mohd Nizar with his mother Tengku Puteri Zainah Tengku Eskandar who came to wish her son well.

PEKAN: The Pekan parliamentary seat will see a five-cornered contest with its incumbent MP and former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak out of the running for the first time since 1976.

While neither of his family members will take up the seat, his eldest son Datuk Mohd Nizar Najib will be contesting the Peramu Jaya state seat for Barisan Nasional.

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