45 in the run for cantonment board
The final list of 45 candidates contesting the Multan Cantonment Board elections has been issued.
The elections for 10 wards will be held on September 12.
The list shows that Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) and Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) have fielded their candidates, while Pakistan Peoples Party has not nominated any candidate.
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There are five candidates in the run to represent Ward No. 1, two in Ward No. 2, three in Ward No. 3, eight in Ward No. 4, nine in Ward No. 5, four in Ward No. 6, six in Ward No. 7, three in Ward No. 8, three in Ward No. 9 and two in Ward No. 10.
There will be a direct contest between Ghulam Jilani and Khalil Ahmed in Ward-2 and between Khursheed Ahmed and Sarfraz Ramzan in Ward-10. The highest number of candidates is nine, in Ward-5, followed by eight in Ward-4.
Published in The Express Tribune, September 3rd, 2021.