Celebration fields Attaullah Tarar to contest towards PPP chief Bilawal in Lahore’s NA-127
- Rohail to contest polls from NA-121, whereas Ayaz will get NA-120.
- PML-N’s Tarar to contest towards Bilawal in NA-127.
- Nawaz, Shehbaz, Hamza and Maryam to additionally contest from Lahore.
Lahore: Because the February eight basic elections come shut, the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) has determined to area veteran politician Sheikh Rohail Asghar for the contentious NA-121 constituency in Lahore, the occasion introduced on Friday.
Ayaz Sadiq — who was additionally jostling for the NA-121 — will contest the election from NA-120 on the occasion’s ticket.
With hopes for one more large contest in Lahore, the PML-N has fielded former minister Attaullah Tarar towards Pakistan Peoples Celebration (PPP) Chairman Bilawal-Bhutto Zardari in NA-127, Geo Information reported.
Different main leaders who’ve been handed out NA tickets in Lahore embrace occasion’s supremo Nawaz Sharif (NA-130), President Shehbaz Sharif (NA-123), Hamza Shehbaz Sharif (NA-118), Maryam Nawaz Sharif (NA-119, NA-159) and Khawaja Saad Rafique (NA-122), amongst others.
Celebration chief Senator Ishaq Dar posted in regards to the growth on his official X deal with.
For the provincial meeting seats, Shehbaz will even contest polls from PP-164 and PP-158, whereas Hamza and Maryam will struggle for a seat within the PP-147 and PP-159 constituencies, respectively.
In the meantime, the occasion has awarded a PP-151 ticket to Sohail Shaukat Butt, who additionally wished to contest the polls from the NA-120 constituency. He’ll now withdraw his nomination papers on the occasion’s route.
Sheikh Rohail needed NA-121
It must be famous that the senior politicians, as per The Information, had engaged in a heated argument over securing their desired constituency in Lahore throughout PML-N’s parliamentary board assembly final month.
Each occasion leaders needed a ticket for the coveted NA-121 seat within the provincial capital.
Sheikh Rohail was adamant earlier than the occasion management, demanding the ticket from the constituency saying that it was his residence floor. Former speaker of the Nationwide Meeting Sadiq was additionally a candidate for the occasion ticket from the identical constituency.
The sources had talked about that Sheikh Rohail had knowledgeable the assembly that NA-121 was his native constituency, and he meant to contest elections from there. If the occasion ticket was not granted to him, he declared his intention to contest as an unbiased candidate.
Moreover, Sheikh Rohail identified that in 2018, part of his constituency was included in Sadiq’s constituency. Consequently, he and his employees had campaigned for Sadiq. He questioned why, now that he has regained his authentic constituency, shouldn’t contest from his conventional residence constituency.
The sources had stated that Sheikh Rohail emphasised that he had not submitted nomination papers from another constituency, leaving him with no different choice however to contest the election from this constituency.
Within the assembly, Sadiq introduced information on his outdated and new constituencies earlier than the parliamentary board. The previous NA speaker claimed that about 56% of his outdated constituency was included in NA-121.
He, nonetheless, stated that he was dedicated to occasion self-discipline and would settle for each choice of the management relating to the ticket. However, Sheikh Rohail instantly left the occasion assembly after his speech.