Photo of PTI Information Secretary Shafqat Mehmood. PHOTO: EXPRESS/ FILE
Disgruntled PTI leaders said that a controversy arose on the ticket issue when the PTI parliamentary board failed to finalise a list of some 850 contesting candidates scheduled to be fielded across the country for the May 11 elections.
The board held its first meeting on March 24 to finalise the process of distribution of party tickets to ‘clean candidates’ across the country.
PTI leader and former foreign minister Aseff Ahmed Ali was the first one who announced to contest elections from NA-193 and NA-140 as an independent candidate, a member of party’s parliamentary board told The Express Tribune.
Similarly, former Senator Jamal Leghari and ex-MNA Owais Leghari followed suit, he added. Furthermore, PTI leader Sikandar Bosan will also try his luck as an independent candidate in Multan.
Meanwhile, a member of the parliamentary board demanded that Imran intervene to review the decision of the board and take disgruntled workers into confidence. He claimed that PTI stalwarts Saifullah Niazi, Arif Alvi and Ahmed Jawed were also unhappy with the parliamentary board’s performance.
Assef Ahmed claimed PTI Chairman Imran Khan failed to fulfil his promise of awarding tickets to true party stalwarts.
“We have serious reservations over the decision of the parliamentary committee,” he said.
However, Khurshid Mehmood Kasuri, who also filed his nomination papers in the same constituencies as Ahmed, not only expressed his full trust in the PTI top leadership but also denied allegations that he was opposing Ahmed. “The party is awarding tickets on merit,” he told The Express Tribune.
PTI Information Secretary Shafqat Mehmood said a final decision on awarding tickets to ‘clean candidates’ would be taken on April 7. PTI central leader Ishaq Khan Khakwani told The Express Tribune that they have finalised awarding of party tickets in K-P and would take up Balochistan late at night.
Published in The Express Tribune, April 2nd, 2013.
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if imran is not in pti when /////
I have gone over a lot of documents, interviews and investigative journalist reports, and there is absolutely no evidence that Imran Khan or anybody in senior PTI management offered a guaranteed ticket to any single candidate. If you follow closely, Imran Khan has repeatedly said, consistently, that he will never promise a ticket to a single person, even PTI stalwarts and high profile individuals. Instead, he is introducing a revolutionary face of democracy in Pakistan where the entire backbone of the PTI has been elected from the grassroots up. I also wanted to add, I was never a big fan of Imran Khan as a politician individually, he has made several errors and misjudgements in my opinion, for example his slightly rightist religious views, but overall his credibility, drive and vision for an improved Pakistan can not be matched by any single other high profile Pakistani politician. The main reason why I have swung around to support the PTI is not Imran Khan, but the team he has built, the on-the-ground politics he is introducing, and the institution of the party that he has established. For example, it is members like Asad Umar, Arif Alvi, Javed Hashmi and Imran Ismael who I feel are bigger beacons of light in PTI who can actually impact and improve real policies in Pakistan.
I fully trust IK since he is himself motinoring the whole process. He will not let any corrupt to contest, thats for sure.
@Ch. Allah Daad:
Do your own kids listen to your advice? I am sure they will all vote for PTI, despite all your darbar etiquette you have passed on go them!
@Ch. Allah Daad: How many poor candidates got tickets from PML N? I was expecting you to come out with your special analysis. :)
I do not understand whats teh point of the discussion here. EC has closed taking nomination papers and are in process of scrutanising them. What is going to happen to the PTI people who would get their tickets on April 7th they can not file there nominations then!
At least it showed who joined the party for greed of seat or tickets.
This was expected at the time of awarding tickets. As Khan Sahab told the anchor of Pakistan Radio yesterday, it is similar to cricket team selection, you will hardly see a person being dropped from the team calling the process fair. It just shows that merit based decision making has a long way to go before it comes mainstream in our society.
PTI will announce the party tickets to candidates contesting NA/PA Seats on 7th April Sunday. i think these people are pressuring imran khan so that they could be awarded with tickets. but tickets will be distributed on merit.
Top PTI leaders have distributes tickets amongs themselves. Imran has grabbed five and rest will follow him. Very few tickets will be left for poor candidates. My advice to all, go independent.
I really don't care who gets the ticket and who doesn't. Our vote is for PTI and it's manifesto and not the mere faces. Although no one is perfect including IK & PTI but PTI is far ahead than other so called political parties. PTI has raised the bar for everyone. We expect, hope and pray PTI to emerge as most vibrant, honest, truthful and successful political institution in the country (Aameen).
I really don't care who gets the ticket and who doesn't. Our vote is for PTI and it's manifesto and not the mere faces. Although no one is perfect including IK & PTI but PTI is far ahead than other so called political parties and we expect, hope and pray PTI to emerge as most vibrant, honest, truthful and successful political institution in the country (Aameen).
ET seriously, why the bias against IK? What has he done to you?
So IK is new Pervaiz Musharraf. Both because he is running a one man show, and his supporters want to support him in any case. God bless Pakistan.
No matter what happens vote PTI
We don't care about the faces,we only care about true vision of our leader We the youth of pakistan is Fade up of just faces like N league and no substance
ET seems to have lost the plot with their inherent bias towards PTI, a true people's party.
The apparent symptoms of issuing the party tickets are proving and showing that PTI is going to divide or break by this Imran Khan's one man show by ignoring his loyal,sincere and honest workers on the name of merit.....
no one cares to whom the ticket is awarded. our vote is for PTI, faces don't matter one bit. rock on Imran. we fully trust your judgement.
ET, one word for you. BURNOL
Well, you mentioned the name of like 5 candidates who have announced to contest independent and labeling it as "Split" in PTI.
1: Asif Ahmad Ali: Going independent because Kasuri got the ticket. (Personal Interest)
2: Inaam Ullah Niazi: Denied the ticket by Party. (District Committee Decision)
3: Laghari Bros n Bosan: They were already in discussions with PMLN and Thinking of forming their own independent group. (Not related to ticket distribution much).
I think your analysis is more "Dramatic" than the actualy facts :-)