ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has released the final lists of candidates for the National and provincial assembly seats in Lahore, with 266 names vying for 14 seats in the Lower House of parliament.
Following are the candidates in the race for all the NA seats from Lahore, as per the ECP list:
NA-117
As per the election commission, 20 candidates are contesting from this constituency:
Abdul Aleem Khan from the Istehkam-e-Pakistan Party
Asif Hashmi, PPP
Independent candidates Ali Ijaz Buttar on the symbol of a bowl, Akmal Bari on an iron and singer Abrarul Haq on the symbol of a guitar
Jahangir Ahmed of the Jamaat-e-Islami
NA-118
Among the 13 candidates in the race for this seat are:
Hamza Shehbaz Sharif, PML-N
Shahid Abbas, PPP-Parliamentarians
PTI leader Muhammad Khan Madni contesting as independent candidate on the election symbol of a sheep
Aliya Hamza Malik with the symbol of a dice
Muhammad Shoukat from the Jamaat-e-Islami
NA-119
There are 18 candidates vying for this seat:
PML-N leader Maryam Nawaz
PPP-P: Iftikhar Shahid
A host of independents, including Nadeem Sherwani on the symbol of cricket stump
NA-120
Moreover, among the 27 nominees in the running for this constituency:
Ayaz Sadiq of PML-N
Munir Ahmad of the PPP-P
NA-121
There are 15 candidates for this constituency, including:
PML-N Sheikh Rohale Asghar
Independent Wasim Qadir on the symbol of cricket stump
NA-122
There are 21 candidates in the race for this seat, including:
PML-NÃs Khawaja Saad Rafiq
Independent candidates Azhar Siddique on the symbol of a medal and Latif Khosa the alphabet ëKÃ
NA-123
There are 16 candidates in the race for this seat, including:
PML-NÃs Shehbaz Sharif
Afzal Azim Pahat, an independent candidate, on the radio symbol
Jamaat-e-IslamiÃs Liaquat Baloch
PPP-PÃs Muhammad Ziaul Haq
NA-124
From the 13 candidates in the race for this constituency are:
PML-NÃs Rana Mubashir Iqbal
PTIÃs Sardar Azimullah and Zameer Ahmed are in the field as independent candidates contesting on the symbols of watch and dolphin, respectively
NA-125
There are 19 contenders for this constituency, including:
PML-NÃs Muhammad Afzal Khokhar
PPP-PÃs Chaudhry Abdul Ghafoor Khan
PTI leader Jamil Asghar Bhatti as an independent candidate on the drum symbol
NA-126
There are 19 candidates contesting from this seat, including:
PML-NÃs Saiful Mulook Khokhar
PPP-PÃs Amjad Ali
Jamaat-IslamiÃs Ameerul Azim
And a host of independents
NA-127
For this seat of the National Assembly, there are 25 contenders, including:
PPP-PÃs Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari
PML-NÃs in Attaullah Tarar
PTIÃs Shabbir Ahmed Gujjar as an independent candidate on the hookah symbol
JIÃs Syed Ehsanullah Waqas
Huqooq-e-Khalq PartyÃs Muhammad Muzammil
NA-128
For this seat of the National Assembly, there are 22 candidates, including:
Istehkam-e-Pakistan PartyÃs Awn Chaudhry
PTI’s Salman Akram Raja as an independent candidate on the racket symbol
MQM-PakistanÃs Agha Muhammad Ali Khan
PPP-PÃs Adeel Ghulam Mohyuddin
JIÃs Liaquat Baloch
NA-129
There are 19 candidates running for this seat, including:
PML-NÃs Hafiz Nauman
PTIÃs Mian Muhammad Azhar allotted the cricket stumps as an independent candidate
JIÃs Ahmad Jamil Rashid
PPP-PÃs Aurangzeb Shaafi Burki
NA-130
There are 18 candidates vying for this seat, including:
PML-NÃs Nawaz Sharif
PTI leader Yasmin Rashid on the laptop symbol as an independent candidate
PPP-PÃs Iqbal Ahmad Khan
MQM-PÃs Samia Naz
JIÃs Sufi Khalique Ahmad Butt
Punjab Assembly seats
Moreover, 813 candidates are contesting for the 30 seats of the Punjab Assembly from Lahore.
For PP-146, PML-NÃs Ghazali Saleem Butt is in the race among 20 candidates; for PP-147, there are 24 candidates, including PML-NÃs Hamza Shehbaz and PTI Leader Muhammad Khan Madni as an independent candidate on a ëbedà symbol.
For PP-148, the PML-N has fielded Mujtaba Shujaur Rehman against 15 other candidates, including the PTIÃs Salman Abbas as an independent candidate on the ëaircraftà symbol.
The PP-149 constituency has 37 candidates in the race, including Istehkam-e-Pakistan Party President Abdul Aleem Khan, PTIÃs Nadeem Sherwani and Zubair Niazi as independent candidates on ëparrotà and parachute symbols.
For PP-168, PTIÃs Nadeem Abbas Bara has been allotted the ëcricket stumpsà symbol, for PP-169 Mian Mahmoodur Rasheed has got the ëracketà symbol, for PP-171 former Punjab minister Mian Aslam Iqbal has been allotted the ëaircraftà symbol as an independent candidate, Azam Khan Niazi given a ëbrickà symbol and Bajash Niazi ëcricket stumpsà for PP-172 and Dr Yasmin Rashid allotted the ëcoinà symbol for PP-173.