LAHORE: Leading political leaders from Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) and Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PMLN) have filed their nomination papers for the upcoming Punjab Assembly elections after the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) extended date for filing nomination papers by two more days.
Elections in Punjab are set to be held on April 30, as announced by President Arif Alvi on the orders of the Supreme Court of Pakistan.
According to data collected by MM News, in Lahore some 930 candidates filed their nomination papers for 30 constituencies.
From PTI, Dr Yasmin Rashid, Murad Raas and Hammad Azhar while from PMNL, Ataullah Tarar, Imran Nazir and Hina Pervaiz Butt filed their nomination papers.
In Faisalabad, some 658 candidates submitted their nomination papers against 21 seats of the provincial assembly from the city. PTI’s submitted nomination papers for PP-111 and PP-112 while for PP-115, Rana Shehryar – the son-in-law of Rana Sanaullah – submitted his documents. Interestingly, PML-N leader Abid Sher Ali has not submitted nomination papers for any constituency.
In Multan, 292 candidates including PTI Vice Chairman Shah Mahmood Qureshi, his son Zain Qureshi, Dr Akhtar Malik, Javed Akhtar Ansari and Nadeem Qureshi submitted their nomination papers.
Syed Haider Gilani and Malik Arshad Mahi from the PPP, and Salman Naeem, Rana Shahid Mehmood from the PML-N submitted their nomination papers.
In Chinniot, as many as 68 candidates submitted nomination papers for four provincial assembly seats across the Chiniot district.
At least 17 candidates received nomination papers, while 11 submitted them for the PP-93 constituency.
For three seats in Liaquatpur, some 50 candidates submitted their nomination papers for PP-255, PP-256 and PP-257.
