AML chief Sheikh Rasheed addresses a public gathering in NA-60 constituency of Rawalpindi. PHOTO: EXPRESS
Former prime minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi representing PML-N will face Sadaqat Ali Abbasi of PTI and PPP’s Asif Satti in the race for the ballots at Murree seat NA-57.
PTI announces ticket holders for election
Former prime minister Raja Pervez Ashraf will represent PPP from NA-58 Gujjar Khan, Javed Ikhlas Muslim will represent PML-N and Chaudhry Azeem will represent PTI.
Former interior minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan will contest the election from NA-59 from Chakri, Chaudhry Kamran Aslam will represent PPP and Ghulam Sarwar Khan will represent PTI and Engineer Qamarul Islam will represent PML-N.
The NA-60 Rawalpindi city will see PTI and Awami Muslim League’s candidate Shaikh Rasheed Ahmed, PML-N’s Hanif Abbasi, Barrister Danyal Chaudhry, MMA’s Raza Ahmed Shah, PPP’s Mukhtar Abbas in an electoral bout on turf which Rasheed and Abbasi claim as home ground.
Nawaz sees PML-N emerging victorious on July 25
Meanwhile NA-62 Rawalpindi will see Awami Muslim League’s Shaikh Rasheed and PML-N’s Malik Shakeel Awan in the run.
Furthermore, NA-63 Taxila will see PTI’s Ghulam Sarwar Khan against PML-N’s former interior minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan.
Moreover, with the exception of the Gujjar Khan constituency, PPP does not have any suitable candidate for the entire Rawalpindi district for the national assembly ticket. Former city president Amir Paracha and his group have declined to take part in the elections on the national assembly ticket.
Published in The Express Tribune, June 9th, 2018.
COMMENTS
Comments are moderated and generally will be posted if they are on-topic and not abusive.
For more information, please see our Comments FAQ