PTI finalises candidates from Lahore for Punjab Assembly election
Pakistan
Polls are scheduled to be held on April 30
LAHORE (Web Desk) – Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan has finalised names of candidates from Lahore as general elections in Punjab are scheduled for April 30.
Sources said Hammad Azhar has been nominated for PP-125, Abdul Karim PP-148, Maher Waseem PP-149, Wasim Qadir PP-152, Akram Usman PP-169, Ali Babar PP-164, Yousaf Mayo PP-153, Ali Warraich PP-157, Hafiz Farhat Abbas PP-157, Mehar Sharafat PP-158 while Azam Khan Niza would contest elections from PP-159 and Zaheer Abbas Khokhar from PP-162.
Ahmar Rasheed Bhatti has been picked for PP-164 constituency, Khalid Gujar PP-165, Sarfraz Khokhar PP-166. Nadeem Bara PP-167, Murad Raas PP-160, Atif Chaudhry PP-161, Mahmoodur Rasheed PP-168, Mian Aslam Iqbal PP-170 while Zubair Niazi and Asghar Gujra would contest polls from PP-172 and PP-173, respectively.
President Dr Arif Alvi on Friday gave assent to April 30 date to conduct the all-important elections in Punjab. The president's announcement came minutes after the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) proposed dates for holding general elections in Punjab following a landmark verdict of the Supreme Court. April 30 falls on Sunday.
In a letter to President Arif Alvi earlier, the electoral body recommended a day between April 30 and May 7 for elections in the province where assembly was dissolved in January last. The letter was dispatched after Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Sikandar Sultan Raja chaired a meeting of the ECP officials.
