Elections: Nawaz weighs candidates
Party officials say Sharif has also started to address differences among applicants.
LAHORE:
Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz (PML-N) President Nawaz Sharif has started presiding over meetings to look over committee reports on proposed candidates for the general election, party officials told The Express Tribune.
Party officials say Sharif has also started to address differences among applicants.
The PML-N is hoping to win 11 National Assembly seats in Faisalabad and three in Toba Tek Singh. Out of the four seats for the National Assembly in Vehari, the party has so far picked candidates for three. The PML-N is also considering candidates from the Bahawalngar district, they said.
According to PML-N’s media cell, Sharif presided over meetings regarding three districts on Tuesday. On Wednesday, he met with candidates from Bahawalnagar.
According to a PML-N official, the committees have proposed Nazeer Arain from NA 167, Pir Mohyuddin Chishti and Shani Dogar from PP 232 and PP 233 respectively. Tehmina Daultana from NA 169 and Mian Saqib and Naeem Bhabha from PP 236 and PP 237 respectively. Saeed Minhas’s name was proposed for NA 170 while a decision about NA 168 is pending.
On Wednesday, many candidates and applicants from Bahawalnagar district met with Sharif. According to party officials, three candidates have been proposed for NA 189, Alam Dad Lalika, Dr Akhtar Lalika and Mian Mumtaz Matiana. Two candidates have been proposed for NA 190. They are Chaudhry Ehsanul Haq Bajwa and Tahir Sarwar Cheema. Ejazul Haq has been proposed for NA 191. PML-Q MNA Khadim Hussain Wattoo may be awarded the ticket for NA 188.
Sharif settled the differences between Law Minister Rana Sanaullah Khan and MNA Chaudhry Abid Sher Ali. In Vehari, differences between Tehmeena Daultana and MPA Naeem Bhabha were addressed. In Toba Tek Singh, issues between Senator M Hamza and the Warraich family were discussed.
PML-N Lahore President MNA Mohammad Pervaiz Malik said that he had been asked to propose candidates for Lahore and Islamabad districts. He said he had submitted his initial report.
Published in The Express Tribune, November 23rd, 2012.
Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz (PML-N) President Nawaz Sharif has started presiding over meetings to look over committee reports on proposed candidates for the general election, party officials told The Express Tribune.
Party officials say Sharif has also started to address differences among applicants.
The PML-N is hoping to win 11 National Assembly seats in Faisalabad and three in Toba Tek Singh. Out of the four seats for the National Assembly in Vehari, the party has so far picked candidates for three. The PML-N is also considering candidates from the Bahawalngar district, they said.
According to PML-N’s media cell, Sharif presided over meetings regarding three districts on Tuesday. On Wednesday, he met with candidates from Bahawalnagar.
According to a PML-N official, the committees have proposed Nazeer Arain from NA 167, Pir Mohyuddin Chishti and Shani Dogar from PP 232 and PP 233 respectively. Tehmina Daultana from NA 169 and Mian Saqib and Naeem Bhabha from PP 236 and PP 237 respectively. Saeed Minhas’s name was proposed for NA 170 while a decision about NA 168 is pending.
On Wednesday, many candidates and applicants from Bahawalnagar district met with Sharif. According to party officials, three candidates have been proposed for NA 189, Alam Dad Lalika, Dr Akhtar Lalika and Mian Mumtaz Matiana. Two candidates have been proposed for NA 190. They are Chaudhry Ehsanul Haq Bajwa and Tahir Sarwar Cheema. Ejazul Haq has been proposed for NA 191. PML-Q MNA Khadim Hussain Wattoo may be awarded the ticket for NA 188.
Sharif settled the differences between Law Minister Rana Sanaullah Khan and MNA Chaudhry Abid Sher Ali. In Vehari, differences between Tehmeena Daultana and MPA Naeem Bhabha were addressed. In Toba Tek Singh, issues between Senator M Hamza and the Warraich family were discussed.
PML-N Lahore President MNA Mohammad Pervaiz Malik said that he had been asked to propose candidates for Lahore and Islamabad districts. He said he had submitted his initial report.
Published in The Express Tribune, November 23rd, 2012.