HARIPUR: Twenty-two candidates, including 13 nominees of political parties, are in the running for the chairmanship of three tehsil councils in Haripur district.

According to official sources, 34 people, including two women, had filed nomination papers for the tehsil chairmanship of Haripur, Khanpur and Ghazi tehsils.

However, five of them from Haripur, two from Khanpur and four from Ghazi withdrew their nominations, while the papers of former district nazim and an aspirant for the office of Ghazi tehsil council chairman were rejected due to failure to appear before the relevant returning officer.

On Monday, which was the last day for the withdrawal of papers and submission of party tickets, 10 candidates, including a woman, confirmed their candidatures.

The candidates for the Haripur tehsil council chairmanship included former district nazim Akhtar Nawaz Khan of the PTI, ProfImran Khan of the TLP, Sardar Mohammad Haroon Khan of the PML-N,former MPA and provincial senior vice- chairperson of the QWP Dr Faiza Rasheed, Umar Naseer Khan of the JUI-F, Mohammad Saleh Khan of the Jamaat-i-Islami, and independents Zulfiqar Ahmad Khan, Mohibullah Qureshi, Samiullah Khan and former tehsil nazim Syed Ahsan Shah Mitha.

For Khanpur tehsil council chairmanship’s election, there are four candidates, including PTI’s Raja Shahab Sikandar, his first cousin Raja Haroon Sikandar of the PML-N, Mohammad Faisal Awan of the JI, and independent Ali Zawar Naqvi.

The candidates for the office of the Ghazi tehsil council chairman include former tehsil nazim Sahibzada Qasim Shah of the PML-N, Malik Naveed Iqbal of the PTI, Syed Farooq Shah of the TLP, Hafizur Rehman of the JI and independents Irum Rasheed Tahirkheli, Khayam Islam, Rizwan Saeed Mughal and Khanzada.

Published in Dawn, November 23rd, 2021