PTI issues ticket holders list for Punjab Assembly elections
Pakistan
Forms four-member committee to address objections regarding award of tickets
LAHORE (Web Desk) – Finalizing candidates for Punjab Assembly elections, the Pakistan Tehreek-Insaf (PTI) has issued list of its ticket holders comprising 297 contenders.
The party has also formed a committee to address objections in this regard.
A statement issued by the PTI said the candidates will submit their tickets to relevant returning officers on Thursday (today).
A four-member committee formed by the PTI will remove objections to distribution of tickets which has always been an issue in the party. The statement further said that the panel shall decide on the appeals regarding the distribution of tickets.
The committee includes Musaddiq Abbasi, Ijaz Chaudhry, Rai Hassan Nawaz and Aoon Abbas. It merits mentioned here that the Supreme Court, in its April 4 verdict, had directed the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) to hold polls in Punjab on May 14.
The federal government was also ordered to provide funds and security, however, the court’s directives were not implemented citing terror threats and scarcity of funds. The court is hearing the election delay case and has summoned the chief of leading political parties today (Thursday).
List of 297 PTI candidates for Punjab elections is as follows:
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