PML-N announces NA candidates for Sindh

Shahbaz Sharif, Miftah Ismail, Senator Saleem Zia contesting polls from Sindh

KARACHI: Of the 61 constituencies of the National Assembly in Sindh, the Pakistan Muslim League - Nawaz (PML-N) has announced its candidates for 34 constituencies.

The candidates include the party president, Mian Muhammad Shahbaz Sharif, who has filed nomination papers for NA-249 Karachi.

The PML-N has not fielded any candidate against Pakistan Peoples Party Chairperson Bilawal Bhutto Zardari in NA-200 Larkana. However, Senator Saleem Zia of PML-N will be challenging Bilawal in NA-246 Karachi.

Against PPP Co-Chairperson Asif Ali Zardari in NA-213 and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf Chairperson Imran Khan in NA-243, the PML-N has fielded GM Shah and Sheikh Muhammad Shah respectively.



Abdul Aziz will be contesting on the PML-N ticket in NA-197 Kashmore-Kandhkot, Babu Sarfaraz Jatoi in NA-201 Larkana, Muhammad Tahir Sheikh in NA-207 Sukkur, Qamarul Zaman Rajpur in NA-211 Naushero Feroz, Syed Ghulam Muhiuddin Shah in NA-213 Shaheed Benazirabad, Mukhtiar Naz Dharejo in NA-214, Muhammad Ishaq Qureshi in NA-215 Sanghar, Jam Mashooq Ali in NA-216, Ghulam Jafar Junejo in NA-218 Mirpurkhas, Chaudhry Sajjad Ahmed in NA-219,  while Neelam Walgi will be contesting the polls in NA-220 Umerkot. In NA-223 Matiari, the PML-N has fielded Syed Shah Mehmood Shah.

The party has announced Sahibzada Shabbir Hasan Ansari as its candidate in NA-227 Hyderabad, Muhammad Ibrahim in NA-229 Badin, Ghulam Abbas Atayi in NA-232 Thatta, Keso Mal Kheal Das Kohistani in NA-233 Jamshoro, Abdul Rahim Shah in NA-236 Karachi Malir, Zainul Abideen Ansari in NA-237, Syed Shah Mehmood Shah in NA-238, Rana Ahsan in NA-239 Karachi Korangi, Rao Muhammad Jamil Shahid in NA-241, Haji Sharafat Khan in NA-242 Karachi East, Sheikh Muhammad Shah Jahan in NA-243, Miftah Ismail in NA-244, Khawaja Tariq Nazir in NA-245, Saleem Zia in NA-246 Karachi South, Dr Afnanullah Khan in NA-247, Salman Khan in NA-248 Karachi West, Shahbaz Sharif in NA-249, Syed Munawar Raza in NA-250, Fahad Shafiq in NA-251, Muhammad Ayub Khan in NA-252, Khalid Mumtaz Advocate in NA-253 Karachi Central, Nasiruddin Mehmood in NA-255 and Dost Muhammad Faizi in NA-256.