LAHORE: Even as clouds of uncertainty shroud the May 14 elections to the Punjab Assembly, the PTI has kicked off its preparations by conducting interviews of candidates aspiring for a ticket.

On Thursday, PTI chief Imran Khan began the process to select the candidates for awarding the tickets. He conducted one-on-one interviews with candidates from PP-1 to PP-27 constituencies in the Rawalpindi division.

Sources say the PTI chief was expected to complete interviews of aspirants for party tickets from the PP-1 to PP-50 on the first day of the exercise.

The interviews continued till the filing of this report with Mr Khan assessing candidates from Gujrat in the central Punjab jurisdiction.

The interviews for 371 seats of the Punjab Assembly are expected to continue for 10 days.

Published in Dawn, April 7th, 2023

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