After the announcement of the new schedule for LB elections in 7 districts of Hazra division, political activities once again gained momentum and a large number of candidates received nomination papers from their respective Election Commission office.
Around 41 candidates, including nominated from various political parties and independent parties, have received nomination papers for the three Tehsils of district Torghar. According to the breakup of nomination papers received, 18 candidates filed nomination papers for Tehsil Kindar, 13 for Tehsil Jadba and 10 candidates for Tehsil Dor Maira. District Election Office Torghar would receive the nomination papers till 18 February. Thirty-eight candidates have received 45 nomination papers for the Tehsil Havelian chairmanship where some of the candidates including Sardar Gohar Zaman of Tehrik-eSuba Hazara, farmer Tehsil Nazim Haveilan Sardar Arsal Pervez, Aslam Zar Khan, Tariq Mahmood, Ejaz Zar Khan got two nomination papers.
The candidates once again have started their campaign, corner meetings and organising public gatherings to convince voters for their success. Moreover, all major political parties including PTI, PMLN, PPP, JI, JUI-F and others have received a large number of applications for tickets for Tehsils chairman and village councils. Interestingly, PTI and PML-N both failed papers to nominate their candidates for Tehsil chairmanship for the 4 Tehsils, each from Abbottabad and Mansehra owing to internal disagreement
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