NA-151: Ishaq Bucha withdraws nomination for the Gilani-seat
Malik Ishaq Bucha was contesting on the seat as an independent candidate after PML-N refused to hand him a ticket.
MULTAN:
Malik Ishaq Bucha, who was planning to contest the by-elections on NA-151, the Gilani-seat in Multan against former prime minister’s son, withdrew his nomination papers on Thursday in favour of the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP).
According to a report by Express News, Bucha took the decision after meeting former prime minister Yousaf Raza Gilani. He was contesting on NA-151 as an independent candidate after his party, Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N), reportedly refused to hand him a ticket.
The seat fell vacant after former prime minister Yousaf Raza Gilani was disqualified from his post by the Supreme Court in a contempt case. Gilani’s elder son Abdul Qadir Gilani and Shaukat Bosan of Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) had filed papers to contest on the seat.
Earlier, Bucha had left PPP to join the PML-N to contest the seat. He had declared that he would not let Abdul Qadir “get a vote of sympathy from the public and make fools of them afterwards with corruption.”
ECP finalises arrangements for NA-151
The Election Commission of Pakistan(ECP) has finalised arrangements for by-polls in NA 151.
An ECP official told APP that the ECP has constituted a total of 245 polling stations including 62 male polling stations and 59 female polling stations whereas 123 combined polling stations have been made.
A total of 712 polling booths have been constituted including 388 for male and 324 for female voters.
In NA-151 constituency, the number of registered voters is 307,871, in which male registered voters are 167,791 while 140,080 female voters were registered.
Malik Ishaq Bucha, who was planning to contest the by-elections on NA-151, the Gilani-seat in Multan against former prime minister’s son, withdrew his nomination papers on Thursday in favour of the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP).
According to a report by Express News, Bucha took the decision after meeting former prime minister Yousaf Raza Gilani. He was contesting on NA-151 as an independent candidate after his party, Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N), reportedly refused to hand him a ticket.
The seat fell vacant after former prime minister Yousaf Raza Gilani was disqualified from his post by the Supreme Court in a contempt case. Gilani’s elder son Abdul Qadir Gilani and Shaukat Bosan of Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) had filed papers to contest on the seat.
Earlier, Bucha had left PPP to join the PML-N to contest the seat. He had declared that he would not let Abdul Qadir “get a vote of sympathy from the public and make fools of them afterwards with corruption.”
ECP finalises arrangements for NA-151
The Election Commission of Pakistan(ECP) has finalised arrangements for by-polls in NA 151.
An ECP official told APP that the ECP has constituted a total of 245 polling stations including 62 male polling stations and 59 female polling stations whereas 123 combined polling stations have been made.
A total of 712 polling booths have been constituted including 388 for male and 324 for female voters.
In NA-151 constituency, the number of registered voters is 307,871, in which male registered voters are 167,791 while 140,080 female voters were registered.