PPP awards tickets to seasoned veterans

Party announces names of 53 NA, 119 PA candidates

KARACHI:

The Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) on Friday its candidates for the upcoming general elections to the national and provincial assemblies from Sindh, relying heavily on a pool of seasoned veterans and familiar faces with established track records.

According to the announcement, the PPP awarded ticket to the party chairman, Bilawal Bhutto Zardari for NA-194, Larkana, while Co-Chairman Azif Zardari would contest from NA-207, Shaheed Benazirabad.

Azif Zardari’s two sisters, Faryal Talpur and Azra Pechuho have been awarded ticket for Sindh Assembly constituencies of PS-10, Larkana, and PS-36, Shaheed Benazirabad, respectively. Former chief minister Murad Ali Shah would retain his constituency of PS-77 Jamshoro.

The PPP issued a list of party ticket-holders for 53 National Assembly seats and 119 Sindh Assembly seats. However, the PPP leadership held back on awarding tickets on 9 provincial assembly seats because of various reasons.

These constituencies include PS-70, Badin; PS-31, Khairpur; PS-17, Ghotki; PS-88, PS-117, PS-109 and PS-90 in Karachi; NA-232, Karachi. There has been no decision on awarding tickets to candidates from Kashmore because of a dispute between Bijarani and Mazari tribes.

According to the list, the PPP candidates for the National Assembly seats are: NA-190 (Jacobabad) Aijaz Ahmed Jakhrani; NA-191 (Jacobabad cum Kashmore) Ali Jan Mazari; NA-193 (Shikarpur) Shehryar Khan Mahar; NA-194 (Larkana-I) Bilawal Bhutto Zardari; NA-195 (Larkana-II) Nazir Ahmed Bughio; NA-196 (Kambar Shahdadkot-I) Bilawal Bhutto Zardari; NA-197 (Kambar Shahdadkot-II) Aamir Khan Magsi; NA-198 (Ghotki-I) Sardar Khalid Lund; NA-199 (Ghtoki-II) Ali Gohar Khan Mahar; INA-201 (Sukkur-II) Syed Khursheed Ahmed Shah; NA-202 (Khairpur-I) Nafisa Shah; NA-203 (Khairpur-II) Syed Fazal Shah; NA-204 (Khairpur-III) Syed Javaid Ali Shah; NA-205 (Naushehro Feroze-I) Syed Ibrar Shah; NA-206 (Naushehro Feroze-II) Zulfiqar Ali Behan; NA-207 (Shaheed Benazirabad-I) Asif Ali Zardari; NA-208 (Shaheed Benazirabad-II) Syed Ghulam Mustafa Shah; NA-209 (Sanghar-I) Shazia Atta Marri; NA-210 (Sanghar-II) Salahuddin Junejo; NA-211 (Mirpurkhas-I) Pir Aftab Shah Jeelani; NA-212 (Mirpurkhas-II) Mir Munawar Ali Talpur; NA-213 (Umerkot) Nawab Muhammed Yousuf Talpur; NA-214 (Tharparkar-I) Pir Ameer Ali Shah Jillani; NA-215 (Tharparkar-II) Dr Mahesh Malani; NA-216 (Matiari) Makhdoom Jameeluz Zaman; NA-217 (Tando Allah Yar) Zulfiqar Ali Bachani; NA-218 (Hyderabad-I) Tariq Shah Jamote; NA-219 (Hyderabad-II) Ali Muhammed Sahto; NA-221 (Tando Muhammad Khan) Syed Naveed Qamar; NA-222 (Badin-I) Mir Ghulam Ali Talpur; NA-223 (Badin-II) Haji Rasool Bux Chandio ; NA-224 (Sujawal) Syed Ayaz Shah Shirazi ; NA-225 (Thatta) Sadiq Ali Memon; NA-226 (Jamshoro) Malik Asad Sikander; NA-227 (Dadu-I) Irfan Ali Leghari ; NA-228 (Dadu-II) Rafiq Ahmed Jamali ; NA-229 (Malir-I) Jam Abdul Karim Jokhio ; NA-230 (Malir-II) Agha Rafiullah; NA-231 (Malir-III) Abdul Hakeem Baloch ; NA-235 (Karachi east-I) Asif Khan ; NA-236 (Karachi East-II) Muzammil Qureshi ; NA-237 (Karachi East-III) Col (retd) Asad Alam Niazi ; NA-238 (Karachi East-IV) Zafar Jhandeer; NA-239 (Karachi South-I) Sardar Nabeel Gabol ; NA-241 (Karachi South-III) Dr Mirza Ikhtiar Baig ; NA-242 (Karachi Keamari-I) Abdul Qadir Mandokhel; NA-243 (Karachi Kemari-II) Abdul Qadir Patel ; NA-244 (Karachi West-I) Abdul Barr ; NA-245 (Karachi West-II) Siddique Akbar ; NA-246 (Karachi West-III) Waseem Akhtar ; NA-247 (Karachi Central-I) Maaz Shaikh ; NA-248 (Karachi Central-II) Muhammad Hassan Khan ; NA-249 (Karachi Central-III) Rao Waheed.