CHITRAL, Oct 26: The Jamaat-i-Islami has announced the names of its candidates for one national and two provincial assembly seats of Chitral for the forthcoming general elections.
Addressing a press conference, the amir of the Chitral chapter of the JI, Maulana Ghulam Mohammad, said the district executive committee of the party had selected two people for each seat.
He said that former MNA Maulana Abdul Akbar Chitrali and Niaz Ahmed advocate had been selected for the NA seat.
He said that for the provincial assembly constituency, PF-89 Chitral-I, Maulana Ghulam Mohammad and Hidayatullah would be the candidates while for PF-90 Chitral-II Maulana Javed Hussain and Zahiruddin (President of the Chitral Press Club) would be candidates of the party.