ISLAMABAD: Many of those elected on more than one seat of the National or provincial assembly, including Nawaz Sharif, have vacated additional seats but some are yet to take a decision.

Mr Sharif chose to keep NA-120 (Lahore) seat and vacated NA-68 (Sargodha).

Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf chairman Imran Khan, who was elected from NA-56 (Rawalpindi), NA-1 (Peshawar) and NA-71 (Mianwali), has decided to retain NA-56. He did not take oath on Saturday. Shahbaz Sharif, who is all set to become the Punjab chief minister again, has vacated his National Assembly seat.

PTI president Makhdoom Javed Hashmi has vacated NA-48 (Islamabad) to keep NA-149 (Multan).

Pervez Khattak and Asad Qaiser of the PTI, who have already taken oath as Chief Minister, and Speaker of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly, respectively, vacated their NA seats. PML-N leader Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan vacated PP-6 (Rawalpindi) and took oath as a member of the National Assembly on Saturday.

PML-F leader Sadruddin Rashidi has decided to keep NA-215 and vacate NA-235.

Senator Maulana Mohammad Khan Sherani of the JUI-F, who has won a National Assembly seat, took oath as an MNA and quit the Senate.

PML-N leader Khwaja Mohammad Asif decided to keep NA-110 and vacated PP-123.

Hamza Shahbaz of the PML-N vacated the Punjab Assembly seat and took oath as member of the National Assembly.

JUI-F chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman, who has won from three constituencies, has not decided yet which two seats he should vacate. He did not turn up to take oath on Saturday.

Jamshed Ahmad Dasti, who has won from two constituencies as an independent candidate, is also yet to decide which seat he should keep.

Pakhtunkhwa Milli Awami Party chief Mehmood Khan Achakzai took oath on Saturday, but yet to decide which seat he should keep.

Shagufta Jumani of the PPP, who has been declared successful on seats reserved for women both in the National and the Sindh assemblies, has vacated her provincial assembly seat. She, however, did not turn up to take the oath as an MNA.

The last date for winners from more than one constituency to keep only one seat is June 10.

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