PTI supporters wave party flags during the ‘Naya Pakistan’ rally at Minar-e-Pakistan. PHOTO: SHAFIQ MALIK / EXPRESS
More than 100 Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf supporters staged a demonstration on Sunday to protest the denial of party tickets to Faizullah Kamoka and Sarwar Kisana.
Kamoka and Kisana have filed their nomination papers for NA-83 and NA-79, respectively.
The protesters gathered in front of the Faisalabad Press Club and chanted slogans in favour of the two candidates.
They regretted the non-allocation to the two candidates and urged PTI Chairman Imran Khan to reconsider the decision.
Some of the protesters said they would leave the party if the two were not given Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf tickets.
Muhammad Naseer, one of the protestors, alleged that tickets had not been allotted on merit.
He claimed that Kamoka and Kisana had more chances of winning from these constituencies.
The PTI tickets for NA-83 and NA-79 have been allotted to Farrukh Habib and Khalid Abdullah Ghazi, respectively.
Published in The Express Tribune, April 8th, 2013.
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Decision has been made lets vote for PTI
Kamako and kisana sahib please do not blackmail the party . If you want to leave then leave. I am sure your absence in the party will make no difference.
Recognize your local PTI candidate and vote! Out with corruption and in with the new Pakistan.
I just love Ch. Allah Daad's statements and then corrections :D
I am a registered voter of the constituency of NA-83 and knowing the ground reality,not awarding ticket to Kamoka was pure merit. Whoever the candidate,victory will be of PTI Inshallah!
@John the Baptist: lolzzz...you have a good memory...I remember that as well.
Only PTI supporters/candidates are not happy with the party. Otherwise the rest of the country is at full peace. I tell you what — every such story only strengthen my resolve to go for the PTI.
Correction: I meant to say "PMLN is not going to win a single seat in Faisalabad." Apologies for the error.
It makes no difference who gets ticket. PTI is not going to win a single seat in Faisalabad.
@Nida Ali:
I still remember your hilarious comment on how PTI was going to raise $900 billion in tax (it was actually Rs. 900 billion) just a few days ago. Did you find out the difference between $ and Rs.?
@John the Baptist: tax enforcing party? hows about pro-cartelization party. have a good look down your own tank tops before pointing fingers
@Nida Ali: PTI should not only stand by its ideology of merit if its to win. What if a person stood 16years in the party but is not that famous in the location he lives? shall he be given the ticket?. One have to admit and take into account the fact that in Pakistan one have to be famous on his own in the area he lives and then association with a party does indeed play important role.
So my point we are here to change the country and that cannot happen without getting into power.
What a sorry state of affairs of a newly-found party raising shallow slogan of merit when it cannot maintain merit in its fold!! Jahaz Group rules the power.
The actual headline for this gibberish should read:
Fearing loss of tax favouritism: ET owners not happy with rise of PTI as a democratic, clean, tax collection enforcing political force
When Imran Khan did NOT give tickets to his cousins and gave it to the son of a man who criticizes him what do you call that ? favouritism ? No sir. He is an honest, upright man. Vote for PTI.
Whatever the decision of ticket allocation is there will always be some unhappy workers, the goal should be to bring a morally upright candidate that is supported by most. I shouldn't be a matter of discussion who holds the ticket it should be that the parties policy is well drafted and its leadership is upto the mark.
If Faizullah Kamoka and Sarwar Kisana were true to their party, I don't believe they would let their supporters create a negative image of the party in national media. PTI should give ticket to the person who is closest to parties ideology, is well educated, has a good social standing and has more importantly ability to win.
And yeah if someone wants to leave, they are more than welcome. It means they didn't join PTI to make a better Pakistan, they just wanted to be part of power. I am glad these opportunists and blackmailers are leaving.
This is a sign of PTI rising popularity.Political pandits had predicted 2 years ago that PTI will not have enough strength to file nomonations at over 1000 consitutencies of National and provincial assemblies.
PTI is have much less problems compared to PML N because the later took so many so called electibles in their ranks.With PPP there are no problems because every one contesting the election from this party knows that they are going to loose so why bother spend money on the election.?