PTI Vs PMLN: List of candidates from Lahore in Election 2018
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An unverified list of candidates of the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz and the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf who would be contesting the upcoming general election form Lahore has been revealed.
National Assembly contituency NA-123 will have PTI’s Meher Wajid contesting against Malik Riaz of PML-N.
Whereas PTI’s Waleed Iqbal will be standing against PML-N candidate Hamza Shehbaz for NA 124.
Maryam Nawaz will be racing against PTI’s Dr Yasmeen Rashid for NA 125.
On the other hand, PTI’s Hammad Azhar will be face to face with Meher Ishtiaq for NA 126.
PTI’s Jamshed Iqbal will be battling it out for NA 127 constituency with PML-N’s Ruhail Asghar.
Whilst NA 128 will have PTI’s Ijaz Diyal against PML-N’s Sohail Shaukat Butt.
Moreover Aleem Khan will be in opposition with PML-N leader Saradar Ayaz Sadiq for NA 129, while NA 130 will have Shafqat Mehmood in the chase with PML-N’s Khwaja Ahmed Hassan.
PTI chief Imran Khan will be encountering former railways minister Khwaja Saad Rafique in NA 131.
PML-N leader Shehbaz Sharif will be contesting the general election from NA 132.
In addition Ijaz Chaudhry from PTI will be contesting against Zaim Qadri from PML-N in NA 133.
Furthermore PTI’s Mansha Sindhu will be contesting from NA 134, while Karamat Khokhar from the same party will have PML-N’s Saif ul Mulook Khokhar against him in NA 135.
PTI leader Khalid Gujjar will be standing against PML-N’s Afzal Khokhar in NA 136.
Sources have revealed that Shehbaz Sharif will be getting hold of the nomination papers for provincial constituencies as well.
The final list of electoral candidates will be decided by the parliamentary board of both the parties.
NA-247 becomes a combat zone with prominent leaders fighting for Karachi seat
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KARACHI: National Assembly Constituency 247 will be the combat zone of the upcoming general elections in the metropolis with multiple high-flying political leaders joining the race for a single seat.
NA 247 of the city’s south will welcome back Dr Arif Alvi of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) who had come out triumphant in the 2013 general elections.
Apart from that independent candidate and lauded civil liberty activist and lawyer Jibran Nasir will also be returning to the constituency after he was unsuccessful in retaining the seat in the 2013 general elections.
Former President General (R) Pervez Musharraf who is presently dwelling in Dubai has decided to file his nomination papers for NA 247.
Moreover, Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan (MQM-P) will put forward senior leader Farooq Sattar on the frontline.
Mustufa Kamal of Pak Sarzameen Party (PSP) who returned to Pakistan in 2016 after parting ways with MQM will also be joining the race for NA 247 for the first time in the election route.