ECP releases list of candidates competing in Oct 14 by-polls
The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Wednesday released the final list of candidates competing in the upcoming by-polls to be held on October 14.
By-elections will be held on 11 National Assembly constituencies, which include two in Lahore, two in Rawalpindi and one each in Karachi, Islamabad, Bannu, Attock, Chakwal, Faisalabad and Gujrat.
This is the first election in which overseas Pakistanis will be able to cast their votes through the i-voting process.
A list of candidates from prominent political parties like Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI), Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N), Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid (PML-Q), Pakistan Peoples Party Parliamentarians (PPP-P) and Tehreek-i-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) is as following:
NA-131 (Lahore-IX)
- Humayun Akhtar Khan — PTI
- Asim Mahmood — PPP-P
- Rana Umer Shahzad — TLP
- Khawaja Saad Rafiq — PML-N
NA-124 (Lahore-II)
- Ghulam Mohiuddin Dewan — PTI
- Shahid Khaqan Abbasi — PML-N
- Shahbaz Mahmood Bhatti — PPP-P
- Abid Sher Ali — Independent
- Salman Iqbal — TLP
NA-103 (Faisalabad-III)
- Manzoor Hussain — TLP
- Muhammad Saddullah — PTI
- Ali Gohar Khan — PML-N
- Shahadat Ali Khan — PPPP
NA-35 (Bannu)
- Nasim Ali Shah — PTI
- Syeda Yasmin Safdar — PPP-P
- Zahid Akram Durrani — MMA
NA-243 (Karachi East-II)
- Naeem Akhtar — MMA
- Muhammad Alamgir Khan — PTI
- Syed Nawazul Huda — TLP
- Sharafat Ali — PMl-N
- Amir Waliuddin Chishti — MQM-P
- Hakim Ali — PPP-P
- Syed Asif Hasnain — PSP
NA-69 (Gujrat-II)
Moonis Ilahi — PML-QRaja Salamat Ali — TLPImran Zafar — PML-N
NA-63 (Rawalpindi-VII)
- Syed Ishrat Ali Zaidi — PPPP
- Aqeel Malik — PML-N
- Qurban Ali — TLP
- Mansoor Hayat Khan — PTI
NA-60 (Rawalpindi-IV)
- Zahid Aqeel — TLP
- Sajjad Khan — PML-N
- Sheikh Rashid Shafique — PTI
NA-56 (Attock-II)
- Syed Faisal Mehmood Shah — TLP
- Malik Khuram Ali Khan — PTI
- Malik Sohail Khan — PML-N
NA-53 (Islamabad-II)
- Khan Iftikhar Shahzada — PPPP
- Abdul Hafeez — TLP
- Ali Nawaz Awan — PTI
- Waqar Ahmed — PML-N