LAHORE – The Pakistan Muslim League (PML-N) has divided into two groupsover the awarding a party ticket to former interior minister Chaudhry Nisarfor the elections.

As per details, the difference persisted between former prime ministerNawaz Sharif and ex-chief minister Shehbaz Sharif over the matter.

One group agreed with Shehbaz Sharif that the PML-N ticket should be givento Ch Nisar. On the other hand, the second group is adamant not to issuethe ticket to former interior minister Nisar. It is pertinent to mentionhere that Ch Nisar does not ask the party to issue him a ticket.

The former interior minister was not included in the central and provincialparliamentary boards. The first announcement regarding ticket holders willbe on June 10. Around 70 per cent of ticket holders will be those who werepreviously members of the national or provincial assemblies.

Moreover, Maryam Nawaz is expected to contest elections from NA-127 insteadof NA-125 while Ayaz Sadiq is not willing to contest against PakistanTehreek-e-Insaf’s (PTI) Aleem Khan. Former NA speaker Ayaz Sadiq wants tocontest against PTI’s Dr Yasmeen Rashid from NA-125.