ISLAMABAD – Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) on Sunday released a final listlink> of itscandidates running for the general elections on July 25, after much protestand bickering outside Bani gala.
According to a statement issued by PTI, the list has been released afterImran Khan’s approval. The remaining few constituencies will be decidedsoon, it added.
Out of a total of 272 National Assembly constituencies, PTI has fieldedcandidates on 229 seats. In Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Imran Khan’s party hasawarded tickets to 90 candidates off 99 seats.
In NA-163, Vehari, PTI has given its green signal to Khalid Maqbool Chohaninstead of favorite Ayesha Nazir.
Ali Muhammad Khan, who has been one of Imran Khan’s staunch supporters, hasbeen given the ticket this time after being snubbed in the first list.
Former federal minister and PML-N leader Sikandar Bosan managed to secure aticket from NA-154 Multan, but party later retracted his ticket, with PTISpokesperson Fawad Chaudhry saying that decision on NA-154 will be takenlater.
Ali Khan Tareen, son of Jahangir Khan Tareen, doesn’t feature in the finallist as he pulled out of the election race due to study reasons.
Shah Mahmood Qureshi is poised to contest from NA-156 Multan, as well asNA-220 Umerkot and NA-221 Tharparkar. His son Zain Hussain Qureshi will becontesting from NA-157 Multan.
Tahir Sadik has been assigned the task to contest on two constituencies ofAttock.
In addition, 79 candidates have been chosen to contest in Sindh onprovincial assembly seats.