Election 2018: 3,675 contesting for NA, over 8800 for provincial assemblies
Among the candidates, many new faces will test their fortunes in the elections.
LAHORE (Dunya News) - Over 12,570 candidates are vying for seats in the National Assembly and provincial assemblies.
Against the National Assembly seats, as many as 3,675 candidates are in the electoral race whereas 8,895 for the provincial legislatures.
At least 1,696 candidates are contesting for the National Assembly from Punjab whereas 4,242 are vying for the provincial assembly seats.
From Sindh, 872 are contesting for the National Assembly seats and 2,382 for the provincial assembly.
For Balochistan’s National Assembly seats, there are a total of 303 candidates and 1,007 for its provincial assembly seats, including 287 general seats of National Assembly and 943 seats of the Provincial Assembly.
In Islamabad, seventy six candidates are in the race for three seats of National Assembly.
New faces
Among the candidates, many new faces will test their fortunes in the elections. One such newcomer is Bilawal Bhutto, scion of the Bhutto family, who is contesting from Larkana’s NA-200 and Karachi’s NA-246 constituencies.
Similary, Asad Mahmood, son of Maulana Fazlur Rehman, is conteting from NA-37 constituency in Dera Ismail Khan. Zain Hussain Qureshi, son of PTI Vice Chairman Shah Mahmood Qureshi and Talha Saeed, son of Hafiz Saeed, are also on the list of new entries.
Star power
Many personalities belonging to the entertainment industry are also contesting election. One such is acclaimed singer Abrarul Haq, who is contesting on PTI ticket from NA-78 (Narowal) against PML-N leader and former interior minister Ahsan Iqbal.
Singer-turned-politician Jawad Ahmed has his eyes set on the office of the prime minister as he competes against political heavyweights Imran Khan (NA-131), Shehbaz Sharif (NA-132) in Lahore and Bilawal Bhutto (NA-246) in Karchi.
Morever, Sajid Hasan (NA-256), Ayub Khosa (PP-101) and Gul-e- Rana (PP-94) are contesting on People’s Party ‘arrow’ symbol.
