Perikatan Nasional has entrusted businessperson Zulkifli Jaafar and surgeon Dr Mohd Mazri Yahya with the task of making inroads into Umno’s birthplace Johor in the upcoming by-elections on Sept 9.

Zullkifli, who is the Pulai Bersatu division chief, will be contesting the Pulai parliamentary seat, which fell vacant following the death of its incumbent, Amanah deputy president Salahuddin Ayub...