PTI notifies candidates for K-P NA seats

The PTI on Friday released the list of its candidates for 45 National Assembly seats from Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa.

The party has given tickets to former members of the NA. PTI Chairman Barrister Gohar Ali Khan has been given ticket from NA-10 Buner, former NA speaker Asad Qaiser from NA-19 Swabi, and party’s provincial president Ali Amin Gandapur from NA-44 Dera Ismail Khan.

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According to the list issued by the PTI’s central secretariat, Abdul Latif will run the race for NA-1 Chitral, Dr Amjad Ali Khan for NA-2 Swat, Saleem Rehman for NA-3 Swat, Murad Saeed and Kamal Khan for NA-4 Swat, Sahibzada Sibghatullah for NA-5 Upper Dir, Mehboob Shah for NA-6 Lower Dir, Bashir Khan for NA-7 Lower Dir, Gul Dad Khan for NA-8 Bajaur, Junaid Akbar for NA-9 Malakand, Nawaz Khan for NA-11 Shangla, Ghulam Saeed for NA-12 Kohistan, Nawaz Khan for NA-13 Battagram, Imran Saleem for NA-14 Mansehra, Shahzada Gustasap for NA-15 Mansehra  Ali Asghar Khan for NA-16 Abbottabad, Ali Khan Jadoon for NA-17 Abbottabad and Umar Ayub for NA-18 Haripur among others..

For the provincial capital, the PTI is fielding Sajid Nawaz for NA-28 Peshawar, Arbab Amir Ayub for NA-29 Peshawar, Shandana Gulzar for NA-30 Peshawar, Arbab Sher Ali for NA-31 Peshawar, and Asif Khan for NA-32 Peshawar.

Published in The Express Tribune, January 13^th, 2024.