PTI's parliamentary body finalised the party tickets. PHOTO: FILE
ISLAMABAD: The parliamentary body of Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) finalised the party's tickets for the upcoming by-elections, scheduled to be held in across country on August 22.
PTI Chairman Imran Khan chaired the parliamentary board meeting that was also attended by the PTI Vice Chairman Shah Mehmood Qureshi, PresidentJaved Hashmi, Secretary General Pervez Khattak, Additional Secretary General Saifullah Khan Niazi, KPK President Asad Qaisar and Punjab President Ijaz Chaudhry.
Well-placed sources in PTI told APP that the parliamentary board has decided to field senior party leaders Asad Umar and Ayla Malik as the party's candidates for the upcoming by-elections to be held in NA-48 Islamabad and NA-71 Mianwali.
NA-71 Mianwali was won by Imran Khan while NA-48 had been won by PTI's President Makhdoom Javed Hashmi. Both though vacated the seats in favour of other seats they had won. Imran also gave up his NA-1 Peshawar seat.
PTI sources said that Noor Hayat Kalyar has been awarded the PTI ticket for NA-68 Sargodha while Liaquat Ranjha has been awarded party ticket for PP-118 Mandi Bahauddin.
Meanwhile, the board also awarded tickets Gul Bacha Khan for NA-1 Peshawar, Dr Imran Khattak for NA-5 Nowshera, Dawar Kundi for NA-24 Tank, Umar Farooq for PK-23 Mardan, Engineer Adil for PK-27 Mardan, and Malik Adnan from PK-70 Bannu.
PTI would also support the brother of late Farid Khan from PK-42 Hangu.
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Insha Allah PTI mwon all seats.
Insha Allah PTI won all seats.
Asad Umer, an Entrepenuer & one of most highly paid pakistani i.e Rs 5.7 million monthly salary but for PTI he left his job.
best of luck for all Pti candidates
@Iram:Asad umer is a Karachi guy who is making PTIans feel excited and all the onus is on him to make PTI dreams come true.
Though not a PTI supporter but if He succeeds, I will too feel good. Pakistan is unimaginable without Karachi's participation.
Gul Bacha is a Afghan national from Kunar, so an Afghani will represent the people of Peshawar. A city with 75% hindko speaking population has only 2 of the Peshawar 15 seats. How is this fair? We have people from Shangla, Besham, Orakzai, Khyber and other places representing Peshawar. this is very sad. Also congratulations Dr. Imran Khattak, his nomination has killed the hereditary politics in Pakistan, (fifth Seat goes to Pervaiz Khattak Family) Tabdeli a rahi hai, naya Pakistan ban raha hai!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Islamabad you have a chance to add a feather in your cap, hope you will not miss it.
@Antebellum: Ayla Malik was the runner-up in the PTI intra-party elections for Women’s Wing President.
So, who voted her in intra party elections actually believe that a relatively anonumous MNA of Musharraf party is capable of becoming the President of PTI Punjab women wing. Good !!!!!!!!
Asad Umar, congratulations. After all being federal parliamentarian is better than CEO of an MNC.
it would be amazing to see likes of Asad Umer in Parliament .. I just hope that he wins inshaAllah
Asad Umar should be made shadow finance minister once he gets elected into NA
@Arsie
Ayla Malik was the runner-up in the PTI intra-party elections for Women's Wing President.
The day people like Asad Umer become an MNA in Pakistan, I will admit things are finally changing for the better. Finally, we will start kicking out the feudals.
@Tahir
From your comment it looks like Federal budget and corresponding inflation is due to PTI.
No Fauzia Qasoori, again?
So Ayla has been nominated on merit, Han? I hope her performance in 2002-2007 assembly was considered where she only turned up to vote for Musharraf & remained absent the rest of the term. What exactly is the eligibility criteria for women in Pti?Where aged women like kasuri r ignored & young ones r rewarded. So much for merit.
another tabdeli razakar for Asad umer in G-9 . go go champ
Best of luck to all of them.
If the winners will be sitting on opposition benches, who knows that tomorrow they might be sitting on treasury benches?
This is the name which is known in the country as "Politics".
@NaMarraNo: we don't want Tareen to run from Peshawar. We have enough competent people in KPK and Peshawar in particular.
PTI will loose in 50% of these seats. The hope,the expectations, are gone from PTI
Imran Khan get up and stop terror in khyber pakhtun khawa. agitate in centre for taxes on poor and no taxes on rich people. u r also rich?
Atlast Asad Umar wud b MNA in-sha-Allah... I hope he wud play vital role... He will be one of the most capable person in NA...
Who cares now?
Why not a leader of Jahangir Tareen's stature from NA-1? There is a perception in Peshawar that Gul Bacha is an Afghan national.
WoW. I'm going to be tabdeeli razakaar for Asad Umer from NA-48 Islamabad InshAllah :)