Mehar claimed that the ILF office bearers had been promised party tickets by Imran Khan and other senior leaders. PHOTO: FILE
Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) central information secretary Shafqat Mehmood said on Wednesday that the party’s parliamentary board had rejected most of the candidates recommended by PTI Lahore chapter.
He said the Central Parliamentary Board (CPB) had decided to award tickets on merit. “The CPB discussed each candidate at length and those with good reputations have been granted tickets,” Mehmood said.
Abdul Aleem Khan, the PTI Lahore Chapter president, had earlier recommended three candidates [for national and provincial assemblies] from each constituency in Lahore.
Among them were Shoaib Siddiqui, Nazeer Chohan, Nasrullah Mughal, Mian Javed Ali, Irshad Dogar, Zulqarnain Taj, Farrukh Javed Moon, Abdul Rasheed Bhatti, Jamil Asghar Bhatti and Sardar Kamil Umer.
Most of the candidates were in real estate business and favoured by Aleem Khan for that reason, a party leader seeking anonymity told The Express Tribune.
He said some of the ‘favoured candidates’ from the Unity Group were accused of rigging in the party elections.
He said Imran Khan had assured the potential candidates that tickets would be awarded on merit.
“The decision to give tickets to Aleem Khan and Chaudhry Mansha Sindhu for NA-127 and NA-130 has been unpopular,” he added.
Meanwhile, the Insaf Lawyers Forum (ILF) Lahore Chapter president Fayyaz Mehar has decided to stage a province-wide protest against the party’s decision to ‘ignore’ lawyers in awarding party tickets.
Mehar claimed that the ILF office bearers had been promised party tickets by Imran Khan and other senior leaders.
He said the CPB had not granted a single ticket to ILF office bearers. He said ILF would set up a camp outside Imran Khan’s residence to protest. A press conference would be held on Thursday [today], he added.
Published in The Express Tribune, April 4th, 2013.
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Asslam o alaikum dear khan hope you well and be strong Insha Allah be hope full and keep right path I mean dont get blackmail success will be with you Insha Allah Ameen
they should all learn from omer zaheer
from his twitter handle As party gave responsibility 2 Dr Yasmeen I accept party discipline & wish her best I've always & will continue 2 work 4 #Change
Merit cannot be compromised on...come what may...
The win of PTI will give happiness to my family hope also
PTI is on track and soon there will be no difference between them and the other parties..
We are with you IK
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Everyone wants a ticket but IK should decide on its ability to win along with the candidate's ideology and social standing. True ideological workers will not leave just because they weren't given a ticket like Inamullah Niazi who did not leave PTI even after he was denied NA ticket.
IK no need to worry,, just allot tickets on merit..people are with u