ISLAMABAD – Imran Khan led PTI has received more than 41,000 applicationsand the party will field candidates for all 272 seats of the NationalAssembly,” said PTI’s spokesperson Fawad Chaudhry on Sunday.
He said the party would award tickets to its candidates from Islamabad onMay 31, those from Punjab on June 2 and 3, those from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa onJune 4, those from Sindh on June 5, and those from Balochistan on June 6.
In response to a question, Mr Chaudhry admitted that his party was facingdifficulty in distribution of party tickets because in many constituenciesseveral leaders were seeking the ticket. However, the party had formulateda set of eligibility criteria for choosing the best candidate from amongthe applicants.ARTICLE CONTINUES AFTER AD
He said the leaders from other parties who had recently joined the PTIwould be given preference. “They have come mostly from the constituencieswhere the PTI candidates lost the 2013 elections with a margin of more than20,000 votes. Therefore, this time the party is considering fielding thenewcomers in these places,” the PTI spokesperson said.
He, however, ruled out the possibility of any conflict within the partyover the distribution of tickets and said the party leadership was strongenough to tackle any such situation.
He said that PTI chairman Imran Khan had already announced that the partywould not enter into any alliance for the elections, adding that thePakistan Muslim League-Quaid, Pakistan Awami Tehreek and Jamaat-i-Islamihad approached Mr Khan for forming alliances but he had turned down theirrequests.