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Cantonment elections 101

After nearly 17 years, the country is gearing up for elections in cantonment areas in all provinces. There are 42 cantonment boards across the country and eight of them are located in Sindh, with six in Karachi alone. The Express Tribune has compiled above a list of all candidates contesting the seats; some of them are contesting from the platform of their political parties while some are contesting as independent candidates.

Karachi has six cantonment boards — Clifton, Faisal, Karachi, Manora, Korangi Creek and Malir — and they all are divided into wards. The number of wards equals the number of elected seats in each board. The remaining seats in the board are reserved seats (for women and minorities) and nominated seats on which members are nominated by the station commander of that particular cantonment board. Once the election process is completed, the cantonment board will comprise the people who won these elected seats, plus those who were nominated and those elected later on reserved seats. This time, there are only three women from Karachi who are contesting the cantonment elections across the entire province. Meanwhile, the Pakistan Muslim League-Functional has fielded only one candidate in all of Sindh.

Clifton Cantt

Nominated Seats 10

Reserved Seats 2

Candidates for seat (1)

1. Asad Iqbal (JI)

2. Junaid Ali Khan (MQM)

3. M Ahmed (PTI)

4. M Arif Jamal (Ind)

5. M Farhan Wazir (Ind)

6. M Owais (Ind)

7. Shaikh Zulkafeel Maqsood (Ind)

8. Syed Naeem Hasan (Ind)

Candidates for seat (2)

1. Majid Khan (MQM)

2. M Karam Khan (PML-N)

3. M Shafiq (PPP)

4. Rashid Ali (PTI)

5. Syed Younis Shah (JI)

6. M Javed (Ind)

7. M Riaz (Ind)

8. M Zubair Ahmed Awan (Ind)

Candidates for seat (3)

1. Syed Shah Faisal (MQM)

2. Ameer Shah (PPP)

3. Jamshed Akhtar (JI)

4. Liaquat Ahsan (PML-N)

5. M Arif (PTI)

6. Anwar Zaib (Ind)

7. Akhtar Rehman Tareen (Ind)

8. M Waseem Baloch (Ind)

9. M Younus (Ind)

10. Nasir Shehzad (Ind)

11. Raja Akhtar Ali (Ind)

12. Zafar Hussain (Ind)

Candidates for seat (4)

1. Abdul Hameed Khan (JI)

2. M Arif Kayani (PML-N)

3. M Jamil (PTI)

4. M Younus Rizvi (Ind)

5. Shakil Haider Jafri (Ind)

6. Habibullah Khan (Ind)

Candidates for seat (5)

1. Abdul Hameed Baloch (PPP)

2. Abdul Hamid (JI)

3. Basharat Hussain (MQM)

4. M Atiqur Rehman Khan (PTI)

5. Syed M Azhar Ali Shah Hamdani (PML-N)

6. Riaz Ahmed (Ind)

7. Tufail Khan Niazi (Ind)

Candidates for seat (6)

1. M Ilyas (PTI)

2. M Monis (JMI)

3. Zakauddin (MQM)

4. Zulfiqar Ahmed (PPP)

5. M Yamin Rajput (Ind)

6. Sohail Rana (Ind)

7. Abdul Talat (Ind)

8. M Arif Chawla (Ind)

Candidates for seat (7)

1. M Shahid Sheikh (MQM)

2. M Rashid (PTI)

3. Naveed Ahmed Abro (PPP)

4. Shahid Ayub Khan (JMI)

5. Saleemul Haq (Ind)

6. Taha Shahid (Ind)

Candidates for seat (8)

1. Hamid H Khawer (PTI)

2. M Ashfaq (PPP)

3. M Zakir Mehanti (JMI)

4. Nizamuddin Shaikh (PML-N)

5. Pervaiz Murad (Ind)

6. Safeerullah Abbasi (Ind)

7. Capt (r) Adeebuz Zaman Safvi (Ind)

Candidates for seat (9)

1. Abdul Rasheed (JMI)

2. Kashif Ahmed Khan (MQM)

3. M Yaqoob Choudhry (PML-N)

4. Azizul Haq Suharwardy (PTI)

5. Afaque Riaz Ahmed (Ind)

6. Ghulam Ahmed Naz (Ind)

7. Asim Salim Anjum (Ind)

8. Syed Muzaffar Hussain (Ind)

9. Tahir Mahmood Arain (Ind)

10. Tariq Mahmood (Ind)

11. Ziaul Hassan (Ind)

Candidates for seat (10)

1. M Aslam Khaliq (PTI)

2. Raghib Bashir (MQM)

3. Sufian (JI*)

4. Shah Faisal (Ind)

5. Shahzad Qureshi (Ind)

6. M Najeeb (Ind)

7. M Younus (Ind)

8. Dr Nayyar Mir (Ind)

9. M Arsalan Khan (Ind)

Voters 148,386

Faisal Cantt

Nominated Seats 10

Reserved Seats 2

Candidates for seat (1)

1. Ahmed Ali (PML-N)

2. Basharat Elahi (MQM)

3. M Bashir (JI)

4. M Kamal Khan (PPP)

5. M Wakeel (Ind)

6. M Imran (Ind)

Candidates for seat (2)

1. Ali Ashiq (PML-N)

2. Abdul Hameed Khan (JI)

3. Hamza Abrar (PPP)

4. Zulfiqar Ahmed (MQM)

5. M Nadeem Mushtaq (Ind)

6. Sabir Gull (Ind)

Candidates for seat (3)

1. M Fazil (PML-N)

2. Naeem Akhtar (JI)

3. Syeda Rubab Kazmi (Ind)

Candidates for seat (4)

1. Bashir Ahmed Bhatti (PML-N)

2. M Younas Ghauri (PPP)

3. Noman Malik (MQM)

4. Asif Mirza (Ind)

5. Sajida Jaffar (Ind)

Candidates for seat (5)

1. Kashif Ahmed Khan (MQM)

2. Osama Ahmed Siddiqui (JI)

Candidates for seat (6)

1. Shahdatullah (MQM)

2. S Humayun Pervaiz (JI)

3. Shaikh Abdul Qudoos (Ind)

Candidates for seat (7)

1. S Ali Akber Shah Rashdi (PML-N)

2. M Kamal Khan (MQM)

3. M Essa (JI)

4. Chamman Fatima (Ind)

Candidates for seat (8)

1. Zeeshan Bashir Farooqi (MQM)

2. M Abdul Muqtadir (JI)

3. M Usman (Ind)

Candidates for seat (9)

1. Fasihur Rehman (PML-N)

2. S Afzal Ahmed (JI)

Candidates for seat (10)

1. Javed Khan (PPP)

2. M Tariq Khan (JI)

3. M Nawabuddin (MQM)

Voters 158,826

Karachi Cantt

Nominated Seats 5

Reserved Seats 2

Candidates for seat (1)

1. Ashraf Abbas (PPP)

2. Bashir Ahmed (MQM)

3. Abdul Khursheed Khan (Ind)

Candidates for seat (2)

1. Sabilur Rehman (JI)

2. Abdul Ahad (Ind)

3. Ch Nasir Ali Khan (Ind)

4. Wasif Chaman (Ind)

Candidates for seat (3)

1. Salahuddin Alkozai (PTI)

2. Malik Ahmed Nawaz Awan (JI)

3. Abdul Rehman (Ind)

4. Essar (Ind)

5. M Ayub Khan (Ind)

Candidates for seat (4)

1. Waqar Ahmed Awan (PPP)

2. Rubina Anjum (MQM)

3. M Asif (PTI)

4. Fayyaz Ahmed (JI)

5. Abdul Rehman (Ind)

6. Eijaz Ahmed (Ind)

7. Mobin Ahmed (Ind)

Candidates for seat (5)

1. Imtiaz Ali Shah (PPP)

2. M Akram (MQM)

3. M Zahid Ayoubi (PTI)

4. Waqas Noveen (JI)

5. M Shahid

Voters 36,406

Manora Cantt

Nominated Seats 2

Reserved Seats 2

Candidates for seat (1)

1. Abdul Majeed (Ind)

2. Fahzad Shah (Ind)

3. Imran Khan (Ind)

Candidates for seat (2)

1. Fazal Wahab (Ind)

2. Hidayatullah (Ind)

3. M Noman Khan (Ind)

4. Rao Tariq Waheed (Ind)

Voters 2,527

Malir Cantt

Nominated Seats 3

Reserved Seats 2

Candidates for seat (1)

1. Fida Hussain (PML-N)

2. Imran Khan (PTI)

3. M Ramzan Butt (JI)

4. Khan Sherullah Khan (Ind)

5. Rashid Iqbal (Ind)

Candidates for seat (2)

1.Abdul Ghafoor (PPP)

2. Imran Shahid (JI)

3. Syed Abul Hassan (MQM)

4. Manzoor Ali (PML-F)

5. M Atif Shah (PTI)

6. Muzammil Ahmed Abro (Ind)

7. Shahid Hussain Khan (Ind)

8. Ali Akbar (Ind)

9. Ali Gohar (Ind)

10. Atif Atta (Ind)

11. Aurangzeb Khan (Ind)

12. Ghulam Khan Dahri (Ind)

Candidates for seat (3)

1. Zahid Shafi (PTI)

2. M Rafi (JI)

3. M Asif Khokhar (Ind)

4. Malik M Raza (Ind)

5. Lt Col (R) M Akram Shaheen (Ind)

6. Fl Lt (R) Rao M Ayub Khan  (Ind)

7. Atif Bari (Ind)

Voters 31,071

Korangi cantt

Nominated Seats 2

Reserved Seats 2

Candidates for seat (1)

1. Gul Sher (JI)

2. Hazar Khan Abro (MQM)

3. M Saleem Awan (PPP)

4. Nasratullah (PML-N)

5. Javed Munshi

6. M Arif Jhandir

7. M Shoukat

8. M Iqbal

9. M Younus

10. Mrs Nasreen Stephen

11. Syed Raees Ahmed

12. Wali Dad Khan

Candidates for seat (2)

1. Elected member:

M Farooq Ahmed (JI)

Voters 15,933

Sukkur

Pano Aqil Cantt

Nominated Seats 2

Reserved Seats 2

(one for women, one for minority)

Candidates for seat (1)

1. Elected member:

Ali Bux Mahar (Ind)

Candidates for seat (2)

1. Elected member: Khan Mohammad Brohi (Ind)

Voters 4,758

Hyderabad

Hyderabad Cantt

Nominated Seats 10

Reserved Seats 2

Candidates for seat (1)

1. Faqeer Mohammad (PPP)

2. Nisar Ahmed (MQM)

Candidates for seat (2)

1. Saleem Qureshi (MQM)

2. M Shakir (PPP)

3. Mian Ajmal Shah (PTI)

4. Akram Khan (Ind)

Candidates for seat (3)

1. Elected member: Malik Muhammad Yasin (MQM)

Candidates for seat (4)

1. Moiz Abbas (MQM)

2. M Ibrahim Qureshi (PPP)

3. Abdul Rehman (Ind)

4. Abdul Sattar (Ind)

5. Umer Sharif Rajput (Ind)

Candidates for seat (5)

1. M Iqbal Memon (MQM)

2. Nadeem Ahmed (PPP)

Candidates for seat (6)

1. Abdul Jalil Memon (PPP)

2. Manzoor Baloch (Ind)

3. Nasir Aziz (Ind)

Candidates for seat (7)

1. Riaz Hussain (MQM)

2. Kazi Ashad Abbasi (PPP)

3. S M Ahmed Rashid (PTI)

4. Abdul Karim Khan (Ind)

5. Ilahi Bux (Ind)

6. Saboor Baloch (Ind)

7. Shaikh Abdul Qadeer (Ind)

Candidates for seat (8)

1. Elected member: Abdul Aziz (MQM)

Candidates for seat (9)

1. Abdul Rasheed (MQM)

2. Lal Rehman (PPP)

Candidates for seat (10)

1. S Jamil Ahmed Rizvi (MQM)

2. Adnan Shah (PPP)

Voters 40,882

Published in The Express Tribune, April 24^th, 2015.