The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) awarded tickets to its candidates for the upcoming by-elections in constituencies vacated after the deselection of PTI candidates.
The party awarded tickets to 18 candidates on Monday, however the nominations for PP-170 and PP-237 are yet to be decided. After detailed deliberation and interviews, the party awarded tickets to Shabbir Awan for PP-7; Hasan Aslam for PP-83; Irfan Niazi for PP-90; Ali Afzal Sahi for PP-97; Mian Muhammad Azam for PP-125; Muhammad Nawaz Bherwana for PP-127; Khurram Virk for PP-140; Mian Akram Usman for PP-158; Atif Chaudhary for PP-167; Nawaz Awan for PP-168; Maj (retd) Sarwar for PP-202; Zain Qureshi for PP-217; Amir lqbal Shah for PP-224; Ezat Javaid Khan for PP-228; Muazzam Jatoi for PP-272; Yasir Jatoi for PP-273; Qaiser Abbas for PP-282 and Saif ud Din Khosa for PP-288.
Presiding over the party’s consultation meeting on by-polls, Central Punjab PTI President Dr Yasim Rashid said that the party is all set to defeat the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) in 20 constituencies.
The PTI was contesting the by-elections with full preparations and Imran Khan will sweep Punjab, she said, adding that the PTI would not allow the PML-N to rig the by-elections.
Turncoats will not only face defeat but humiliation as the people have recognised them, she added.
Published in The Express Tribune, June 14th, 2022.
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