Election history of NA-120 constituency
Army has been deployed in the constituency
(Web Desk) – Kulsoom Nawaz, Yasmin Rashid, Faisal Mir and Yaqub Sheikh are the prominent contenders of NA-120 by-polls scheduled for Sunday (September 16) and following are the successful candidates in the constituency of the past years:
Army’s assistance was sought by the election commission for a fool-proof security arrangements around polling stations in Lahore.
A day before the ‘big match’, army personnel took positions at polling stations in the constituency and polling material was handed over the Returning Officer.
Kulsoom Nawaz is undergoing lymph nodes cancer treatment in London and Maryam Nawaz, her daughter led electionerring in her absence.
On the other hand, the election commission issued show-cause notices to seven PML-N MNAs and MPAs including Senator Pervaiz Rashid for violating code of the polls.
Yasmin Rashid and Maryam Nawaz were seen actively running campaigns in the constituency whereas Faisal Mir of PPP and Yaqub Sheikh of Milli Muslim League would be ranked lower on a scale of active participation.