LAHORE, Aug 19: Not a single candidate from the city filed nomination papers for 13 National Assembly and 25 provincial assembly seats on the first day of filing papers on Monday.

The nomination papers would be received till Saturday by the retuning officers, according to the election schedule announced by the Election Commission of Pakistan last week.

However, hundreds of prospective candidates for both national and provincial assembly seats had purchased nomination papers from the court staff of the 13 ROs. Several of them had purchased nomination papers for more than one NA or PA constituencies or both.

Leading politicians who had acquired nomination papers on the first day included Pakistan Awami Tehrik Chairman Dr Tahirul Qadri, PML-QA leader Chaudhry Akhtar Rasool, PPPP leader Khwaja Ahmad Tariq Rahim, Aurangzeb Burki and Altaf Ahmad Qureishi, Ravi Town Naib Nazim Mujtaba Shujaur Rehman, PML-QA leaders Kamil Ali Agha and Sheikh Rohail Asghar, PML-N leaders Sardar Kamil Umar and his brother Sardar Aaqil Umar, and Jamaat-i-Islami leader Ahsanullah Waqas.

The nomination papers of most politicians were bought by their authorized representatives. No hustle-bustle was seen outside any returning officer’s court. The activity was likely to pick up in the coming few days as most candidates were expected to submit their nominations after the finalization of tickets by the political parties from whose platforms they wished to contest the polls.

A large number of lawyers had also purchased the nomination papers including two former presidents of the Lahore Bar Association —- Javed Iqbal Raja and Ziaur Rehman Ansari.

A former provincial IG of Police, Chaudhry Amin, was also among those who intended to contest the coming polls.

The following candidates had purchased nomination papers for the 13 national and 25 provincial seats of the city: (NA-118) Sheikh Javed Iqbal, Mian Zakaur Rehman, Samiullah Khan, Hafiz Abdul Ghafoor and Muhammad Shehzad.

(NA-119) Aamir Ayub, Tahir Mahmood Chaudhry, Ziaur Rehman Ansari, Shoaib Anwar, Zahid Anwar, Baseer Chand, Zulfiqar Ali Badar, Tanveer Sadiq, Hafiz Khalilur Rehman, Iqbal Mehmood Awan, Advocate Ishrat Ali Javed and Iftikhar Husain.

(NA-120) Altaf Ahmad Qureshi, Muhammad Nazir Bajwa, Baseer Chand, former MNA Kamil Ali Agha, Naveed Ahmad and Abdus Sattar. (NA-121) Aurangzeb Barqi, former MNA Mian Muhammad Asif, Shehzad Rafique Butt, Pervez Mehar, Tariq Farooq Mirza and Mian Muhammad Saleem.

(NA-122) Chaudhry Akhtar Rasool, Tauqir Tariq, Chaudhry Muhammad Amin, former Punjab IG Chaudhry Amin, Chaudhry Muhammad Ali, Baseer Chand, Muhammad Usman Malik and Advocate Lassanullah Khan.

(NA-123) Advocate Ashaar Jehangir, Mian Khalilur Rehman, Mujtaba Shujahur Rehman, Sheikh Khurram Rohail, Haji Muhammad Saeed Arain, Advocate Muhammad Rafique, Raheela Khadim Husain and Syed Zaki Husain.

(NA-124) Advocate Sajid Ali Awan, Sheikh Rohail Asghar, Khurram Rohail Asghar, Javed Iqbal, Mian Abdul Waheed, Asif Chaudhry, Faqir Husain and Advocate Ghulam Murtaza Chaudhry.

(NA-125) Shahid Nabi Malik, Muhammad Anwar, Jehangir Khan Tareen, Mian Zulfiqar and Muhammad Yaqoob.

(NA-126) Muhammad Iqbal Cheema, Muhammad Alamgir, Mian Shehzad Ahmad, Pervez Saleh and Syed Ahmad Saeed Kirmani.

(NA-127) Rana Muhammad Ashraf, Maqsood Ashraf Ali, Mian Shehzada Ahmad Ali, Shamim Nazir, Khwaja Ahmad Tariq Rahim, Hassan Tariq Rahim, Dr Allaud Din, Dr Tahirul Qadri, Pervez Saleh, Ashraf Ejaz Gill, Muhammad Ziaullah, Ehsanullah Waqas, Tajamal Husain Khan, Muhammad Mustafa and Shamim Ahmad.

(NA-128) Javed Iqbal Raja, Sardar Kamil Umar, Sardar Aaqil Umar, Khalid Pervez and Advocate Irshad Baig,

(NA-129) Muhammad Rab Nawaz, Habibullah Warriach, Abdul Hameed, Advocate Ejaz Ahmad, Zahid Akram and Muhammad Arshad Malik.

(NA-130) Khadim Hussain, Mian Abdul Waheed, Syed Tariq Iftikhar Hamdani, Ejaz Ahmad Dayal and Rana Muhammad Ashraf.

(PP-137 and PP-138) Hafiz Abdul Ghafoor and Muhammad Javed. (PP-139 and PP-140) Aamir Husain, Chaudhry Muhammad Asghar, Abdul Rehman Khan Lodhi, Muhammad Nazir Bajwa, Muhammad Iftikhar, Baseer Chand, Muhammad Hashim Tahir and Gulraiz Ahmad.

(PP-141 and PP-142) Muhammad Aslam, Aamir Ayub, Sheikh Zuberi Sarwar, Hafiz Muhammad Umair, Ziaur Rehman Ansari, Hassan Butt, Nasir Husain Dar, Baseer Chand, Zafarullah Khan, Tanveer Sadiq, Hafiz Khalilur Rehman, Iqbal Mehmood Awan, Ishrat Ali Javed and Iftikhar Husain.

(PP-145 and PP-146) Mian Riaz, Muhammad Qayyum, Mian Sadiq Mahmood, Sheikh Rohail Asghar, Khurrum Rohail Asghar, Javed Iqbal, Muhammad Manzoor and Chaudhry Muhammad Tariq.

(PP-147 and PP-148) Baseer Chand, Chaudhry Muhammad Ali and Muhammad Zafar Iqbal.

(PP-149 and PP-150) Fakharuddin, Mian Basharat Ali, Mian Muhammad Zahid, Shehzad Rafique Butt, Tariq Farooq Mirza, Muhammad Ayub, Tahir Munir Malik and Mian Muhammad Saleem.

(PP-151 and PP-152) Muhammad Iqbal Cheema, Muhammad Alamgi, Mian Shehzad Ahmad, Muhammad Ayub and Syed Ahmad Saeed Kirmani.

(PP-155 and PP-156) Mian Muhammad Aslam, Muhammad Ameer, Sardar Hafiz Muhammad Asif and Amjad Farooq Dogar. (PP-157 and PP-158) Syed Tariq Iftikhar Hameed and Rana Muhammad Ashraf.

(PP-159) Subhan Khan, Qamarul Zaman Asim and Abdul Hameed.

(PP-160 and PP-161) Malik Khadim Husain, Malik Muhammad Akram, Khalid Pervez, Abdul Rasheed Bhatti, Jamil Asghar, Sardar Kamil Umar and Sardar Aqil Umar.