The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has announced the names of successful candidates for the reserved seats for women and minorities in the National Assembly and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (K-P) Assembly.
From K-P, out of five reserved seats in the National Assembly, Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) and Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) have secured two seats each, while Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (JUI-F) has taken one.
The nominated members from K-P for the National Assembly are: Ghazala Anjum and Shaheen Habibullah from PML-N; Asma Alamgir and Naeema Kanwal from PPP; and Naeema Kishwar Khan from JUI-F.
In the K-P Assembly, out of 21 reserved seats, JUI-F secured eight, PML-N got six, PPP received five, while Awami National Party (ANP) and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf Parliamentarians (PTI-P) each secured one seat.
The JUI-F nominees for the K-P Assembly include: Balqees, Sitara Afrin, Aimen Jaleel Jan, Madina Gul Afridi, Rabia Shaheen, Nilofer Begum, Naheeda Noor, and Arifa Bibi.
PML-N's nominees are: Amna Sardar, Faiza Malik, Afshan Hussain, Shazia Jadoon, Jameela Piracha, and Farah Khan Advocate.
PPP's nominees include: Shazia Tehmash, Sajida Tabassum, Mehr Sultana Advocate, Ashbar Jadoon, and Farzana Shireen.
PTI-P's seat went to Nadia Sher, while ANP nominated Khadija Bibi.
For the four reserved minority seats in the K-P Assembly, two went to JUI-F, and one each to PML-N and PPP. The minority representatives are: Askar Parvez and Ghorpal Singh (JUI-F), Suresh Kumar (PML-N), and Bahari Lal (PPP).
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