PESHAWAR: Awami National Party on Sunday named national and provincial assembly candidates for the Feb 8 elections in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa with one woman contesting polls on NA general seat and five on PA seats.

Khadija Bibi is contesting the election from NA-1, Chitral.

The party awarded tickets to 32 candidates for NA seats in KP, and 95 tickets with five women for the provincial assembly seats.

KP has 45 NA general seats and 115 provincial assembly seats.

The women candidates for PA seats include Shaheen Zameer from PK-40, Mansehra, Shahnaz Raja from PK-42, Abbottabad, Farazia Shaheen, PK-46, Haripur, Irum Fatima, PK-47, Haripur, and Samar Haroon Bilour, PK-83, Peshawar.

Khadija Bibi contesting election from NA-1, Chitral

The list of candidates shows the party’s provincial president Aimal Wali Khan is contesting the election from NA-25, Charsadda-II, and central senior vice-president Ameer Haider Hoti from NA-22, Mardan-2, and PK-58, Mardan-5, while party’s central general secretary Mian Iftikhar Hussain will contest from PK-89, Nowshera-5.

The contestants for NA seats include Khadija Bibi for NA-1, Chitral, Ayub Khan Ashary NA-2 Swat-I, Dr Sherbaz Khan NA-3 Swat-II, M Saleem Khan NA-4 Swat-III, Haji Bahadur Khan NA-06 Lower Dir-I, Zahid Khan NA-07 Lower Dir-2, Maulana Khanzeb NA-8 Bajaur, Rauf Khan NA-10 Buner, Aurangzeb Khan NA-11 Shangla, Sarzamin Khan NA-12 Kohistan, Shah Nawaz Khan NA-19 Swabi-1, Waris Khan NA-20 Swabi -II, Ahmad Ali Khan NA-21 Mardan-I, Ameer Haider Khan Hoti NA-22 Mardan-II, Ahmad Khan Bahadur NA-23 Mardan -III, Irfan Alam NA-24 Charsadda-1, Aimal Wali Khan NA-25 Charsadda-II, Nisar Mohmand NA-26 Mohmand, Shah Hussain Shinwari NA-27 Khyber, Sheikh Fayaz NA-28 Peshawar-I, Saqibullah Khan Chamkani NA-29 Peshawar-2, Arbab Zain Omar NA-30 Peshawar-3, Pir Haroon Shah NA-31 Peshawar -IV, Haji Ghulam Ahmad Bilour NA-32 Peshawar -V, Khan Pervez (Khan Baba) NA-33 Nowshera-I, Mian Babar Shah Kakakhel NA-34 Nowshera-II, Noor Aslam Khan Afridi NA-35 Kohat, Hamid Toofan NA-38 Karak, Ashraf Dawar NA-40 North Waziristan, Arshad Mansoor Khan NA-42 Tank/DI Khan, Hamidullah, NA-43 South Waziristan/South Waziristan Lower, and Shahi Khan Sherani NA-45 DI Khan-II.

The list of provincial assembly candidates include Mumtaz Ali Qazi Advocate PK-1 Chitral, PK-2 Chitral Syed Iftikhar Jan, PK-3 Swat Syed Jafar Shah, PK-5 Swat Mian Huzaifa, PK-6 Swat Asimullah Khan, PK-7 Swat Sher Shah Khan, PK-8 Swat Iftikhar Khan, PK-9 Swat Mumtaz Ali, PK-10 Swat Zahir Shah Khan, PK-11 Upper Dir Haji Gul Sher, PK-12 Upper Dir Ameer Zaman Khan, PK-14 Lower Dir Malak Mohammad Zeb, PK-15 Lower Dir Malak Wasil Khan, PK-16 Lower Dir Malak Sajjad Khan, PK-17 Lower Dir Haji Bahadur Khan, PK-18 Lower Dir Mubarak Shah Khilji, PK-19 Bajaur-I Malak Hikmat Khan, PK- 20 Bajaur-II Gul Afzal Khan, PK-21 Bajaur-III Rasheed Khan, PK-22 Bajaur-IV Shah Naseer Khan, PK-23 Malakand -I Izhar Khan, PK-24 Malakand-II Irshad Mohmand, PK-25 Buner-1 Afsar Khan, PK-26 Buner-2 Qaisr Wali Khan, PK-27 Buner-3 Sardar Hussain Babak, PK-28 Shangla-I Mutawakil Khan, PK-29 Shangla-II Faisal Zeb Khan, PK-30 Shangla-III Shah Farooq Khan, PK-31 Kohistan Upper Zardad Khan, PK-32 Kohistan Lower Saranzeb Khan, PK-33 Kolai-Palas Kohistan Minjahuddin, PK-34 Battagram-I Mohammad Arshad Khan, PK-35 Battagram-II Mohammad Siddique, PK-40 Mansehra-V Shaheen Zameer, PK-41 Torghar Zareen Gul Bacha, PK-42 Abbottabad-I Shehnaz Raja, PK-46 Haripur-I Farazia Shaheen, PK-47 Haripur-II Irum Fatima, PK-49 Swabi-I Sohail Ahmad, PK-50 Swabi -II Nawabzada, PK- 51 Swabi-III Sikandar Irfan, PK-52 Swabi-IV Tauseef Ijaz Yousafzai, PK-53 Swabi-V Mohammad Zahid, PK-54 Mardan-I Gohar Ali Bacha, PK-55 Mardan-II Mohammad Sohail Bacha, PK-56 Mardan-III Abdul Aziz Khan, PK-57 Mardan-IV Ahmad Khan Bahadur, PK-58 Mardan-V Ameer Haider Khan Hoti, PK-59 Mardan-VI Haroon Khan, PK-60 Mardan-VII Sher Afghan Khan, PK-61 Mardan-VIII Jamal Nasir Khan, PK- 62 Charsadda-I Gul Bacha, PK-63 Charsadda-II Shakeel Bashir Khan, PK-64 Charsadda-III Sultan Mohammad Khan, PK-65 Charsadda-IV Shehzaduddin, PK-66 Charsadda-V Mairaj Khan, PK-67 Mohmand-I Nisar Mohmand, PK-68 Mohmand-II Arzameen Khan Safi, PK-69 Khyber-I Shah Hussain Shinwari, PK-70 Khyber-II Suleman Shah, PK-71 Khyber-III Siddique Chiragh Afridi, PK-72 Peshawar-I Aziz Ghafar, PK-73 Peshawar-II Nisbatullah Khan, PK-74 Peshawar-III Arbab Allah Yar, PK- 75 Peshawar-IV Arbab Usman Khan, PK-76 Peshawar-V Khushdil Khan, PK-77 Peshawar-VI Salahuddin Mohmand, PK-78 Peshawar-VII Izhar Khalil, PK-79 Peshawar-VIII Saddique Afridi, PK-80 Peshawar-IX Yaseen Khalil, PK-81 Peshawar-X Arsalan Khan, PK-82 Peshawar-XI Dr Naveedullah Khan, PK-83 Peshawar-XII Samar Haroon Bilour, PK-84 Peshawar-XIII Malak Farhad, PK-85 Nowshera-I Eng Hamid Khan, PK-86 Nowshera-II Masaood Abbas Khattak, PK-87 Nowshera-III Jawad Khattak, PK-88 Nowshera-IV Jamshed Khan, PK-89 Nowshera-V Mian Iftikhar Hussain, PK-90 Kohat- I Yaqoob Khan, PK-91 Kohat-II Masood Khalil, PK- 92 Kohat-III Asmatullah Khattak, PK-93 Hangu Amanullah Khan, PK-95 Kurram-I Noroz Khan Orakzai, PK-97 Karak-I Gul Sahib Khan, PK-98 Karak-II Dr Mushtaq Ahmad, PK-99 Bannu-I Noorani Khan, PK-100 Bannu-II Asghar Nawaz Advocate, PK-104 North Waziristan-II Ashraf Dawar, PK-107 Lakki Marwat-III Malak Ali Sarwar, PK-110 South Waziristan Lower Ayaz Wazir, PK-112 DI Khan-II Abdul Rahim Bitani, PK-113 DI Khan-III Taimur Ali Khan, PK-114 DI Khan-IV Atta Mohammad Khan and PK-115 DI Khan-V Shahi Khan Sherani.

Published in Dawn, January 15th, 2024