LAHORE, Sept 15: Final lists of candidates for 13 National Assembly and 25 Punjab Assembly seats from Lahore were issued here on Sunday.

Election symbols were also allotted to those approved to contest the elections as independent candidates. The symbols to the political parties had already been issued by the election commission.

The lists were issued by the returning officers concerned, indicating that 114 candidates would contest election to the National Assembly and 298 to the Punjab Assembly seats. Half of the candidates belonged to various national political parties and the remaining were contesting as independent candidates.

The PML-Q has fielded candidates in every national and provincial assembly constituency.

A large number of lawyers are contesting the election. Most of them are independent candidates while the rest are in the run from the platform of the Pakistan Tehrik-i-Insaaf.

Three candidates are contesting for the National Assembly seats from the platform of their parties while for provincial assembly seats they will contest as independents.

They are PML-N’s Khwaja Saad Rafique, PML-Q’s Haroon Akhtar Khan and Jamaat-i-Islami’s Hafiz Salman Butt.

Mr Butt is holding a PML-N ticket for the National Assembly seat.

Following are the constituencies and the final candidates:

NA-118):Chaudhry Abdul Qadir (PPP), Hafiz Salman Butt (PML-N), Mian Muhammad Azhar (PML-QA), Hafiz Abdul Wadood Shahid (MMA), Iqbal Mahmood Awan (PAT), Inamullah Khan, Muhammad Javed Awan, Mian Rafi Khawar and Noor Alam Qureshi.

NA-119:Jehangir Badar (PPP), Khwaja Saad Rafique (PML-N), Mian Abdul Sattar (PML-QA), Mian Zahid Anwar (PTI), Ahmad Tariq Rana (PAT), Hafiz Salman Butt, Khwaja Tahir Zia, Dr Asad Ashraf, Dr Anwar Sajjad, Tariq Mahmood Chughtai Advocate, Amir Ayub and Malik Hamid Sarfraz.

NA-120:Altaf Ahmad Qureshi (PPP), Muhammad Pervez Malik (PML-N) and Mian Muhammad Ashraf (PML-QA), Hafiz Salman Butt, Sheikh Iffatullah, Abdul Rashid Bhatti, Abdul Sattar, Mirza Ehtesham Yousaf Baig, Mian Sameer Attaullah and Nawab Ambar Shehzada.

NA-121:Aurangzeb Shafi Barqi (PPP), Mian Muhammad Jehangir (PML-QA), Farid Ahmad Paracha (MMA), Faiz Rahim Khan (PML-Z), Chaudhry Ishtiaq Ahmad Minhas, Hassan Minhas Qadri, Rana Mashood Ahmad Khan, Rubina Shaheen, Syed Zaeem Hussain Qadri and Aamir Saleem Bhatti.

NA-122:Chaudhry Ghulam Qadir (PPP), Sardar Ayaz Sadiq (PML-N), Muhammad Amin Chaudhry (PML-QA), Imran Khan (PTI), Rana Zafarullah Khan (PAT), Engineer Saleemullah Khan (JUP), Asad Bashir Kamboh, Chaudhry Muhammad Ali, Mian Asadullah, Haroon Akhtar Khan and Humayun Akhtar Khan.

NA-123:Tariq Waheed Butt (PPP), Makhdoom Javed Hashmi (PML-N), Mian Abdul Waheed (PML-QA), Haji Saeed Arine (PTI), Ahsan Shiekh (Millat Party), Engineer Saleemullah Khan (JUP), Mujtaba Shujaur Rehman and Mian Ahmad Mairaj.

NA-124:Aitzaz Ahsan (PPP), Khurram Rohail Asghar (PML-QA), Tahir Mahmood Chaudhry (PTI), Allama Muhammad Abid Jalali (MMA), Begum Rukhsana Shakeel Ahmad, Mian Abdul Waheed and Farooq Tariq.

NA-125:Muhammad Naveed Chaudhry (PPP), Humayun Akhtar Khan (PML-QA) and Naveed Gulzar.

NA-126:Fakhar Zaman (PPP), Tariq Badaruddin Banday (PML-QA), Liaquat Baloch (MMA), Dr Shahid Siddique (PTI), Syed Ahmad Saeed Kirmani (PML-J), Pervez Saleh (Millat Party), Allam Zubairi Ahmad Zaheer, Muhammad Illyas, Muhammad Duryab Yousaf Qureshi and Faisal Naseer Khan.

NA-127:Prof Mian Ejazul Hassan (PPP), Chaudhry Naseer Ahmad Bhutta (PML-N), Abdul Aleem Khan (PML-Qa), Dr Usman Malik (PTI), Qari Muhammad Zawwar Bahadur (MMA), Dr Tahirul Qadri (PAT) and Duryab Yousaf Qureshi.

NA-128:Advocate Malik Zaheer Abbas (PPP), Sardar Kamil Umar (PML-N), Wazir Ali Bhatti (PML-QA), Dr Abdul Wahab Khan (PTI), Muhammad Yasir Ghufran and Malik Jehangir Hussain Bara.

NA-129:Dr Zahid Akram Nat (PPP), Sardar Arif Rasheed (PML-N), Habibullah Warriach (PML-QA), Advocate Rab Nawaz Khan (PTI), Tanvir Azam Sandhu, Tariq Shabbir and Muhammad Ashraf Asim.

NA-130:Samina Khalid Ghurki (PPP), Ejaz Ahmad Dayal (PML-QA), Khadim Husain Bhatti Advocate (PTI) and Waqar Nadeem Warriach (MMA).

PP-137:Samiullah Khan (PPP), Rana Muhammad Iqbal Khan (PML-N), Chaudhry Muhammad Irshad (PML-QA), Mian Abdul Rehman (MMA), Hafeezur Rehman (PAT), Iqbal Khurshid Mughal, Chaudhry Rahat Mahmood Mughal, Chaudhry Wahad Ahmad, Sohail Malik, Muhammad Safdar Malik Sheikh and Malik Muhammad Arshad.

PP-138:Zafar Azeem Bhatti (PPP), Dr Asad Ashraf (PML-N), Chaudhry Muhammad Arif (PML-QA), Advocate Muhammad Bilal (PTI), Mian Junaid Razzaq (PAT), Inamullah Khan, Dr Malik Muhammad Tariq, Safdar Mahmood Jat, Muhammad Shahzad Malik, Modeer Ahmad Khan, Malik Muhammad Yaqoob and Mian Muhammad Rafi. PP-139:Chaudhry Muhammad Asghar (PPP), Bilal Yasin (PML-N), Zahid Umar Qadri (PML-QA), Ghulam Akhtar Khan Sial (PAT), Haji Ghulam Ahmad Khan, Hafiz Salman Butt, Sheikh Iffatullah, Muhammad Tariq and Malik Muhammad Saeed.

PP-140:Syed Umar Sharif Bukhari (PPP), Muhammad Ajasam Sharif (PML-N), Abdul Rehman Lodhi (PML-QA), Abdul Sattar Ghazi (MMA), Haji Muzaffar Hussain Butt (Millat Party), Azhar Latif Khan, Advocate Chaudhry Riaz Akhtar, Hafiz Salman Butt, Dr Sajjad Anwar, Dr Mian Rehan Mahmood, Shafqat Rana, Majid Zaheer, Mian Sameer Ataullah, Mian Muhammad Saleem Ishaq and Yasmin Saeed.

PP-141:Mian Liaquat Ali (PPP), Mujtaba Shujar Rehman (PML-N), Khwaja Mansoor Hussain (PML-QA), Malik Nasir Ahmad Nizami (MMA), Syed Munawwar Hussain (PAT), Iqbal Ahmad Chaudhry, Hafiz Muhammad Shahid Razi, Hafiz Muhammad Umair, Hanif Aslam Chohan, Khwaja Saad Rafique, Dr Azam Mohauddin, Shahid Mahmood Chaudhry, Sheikh Muhammad Bashir, Zafar ullah Khan, Ishrat Ali, Qaisar hanif, Muhammad Munib Sheikh, Muhammad Nadeem Chaudhry and Waqas Ahmad Butt.

PP-142:Jehangir Badar (PPP), Khwaja Saad Rafique (PML-N), Khwaja Raheel Rasheed (PML-QA), Muhammad Imtiaz (PTI), Begum Shamim Khan (PAT), Ejaz Anwar Mir (Millat Party), Rai Abdul Basit (PML-Z), Tanvir Ahmad Hashmi, Khwaja Salman RAfique, Khwaja Salman Mahmood, Khawaja Najeeb Ullah Rathore, Dr Asad Ashraf, Rubina Shaheen, Kamal Barakullah, Muhammad Iftikhar Hussain, Muhammad Zaheer Malik, Malik Hamid Sarfraz and Naseer Hussain Dar.

PP-143:Dr Ziaullah Khan Bangish (PPP), Dr Sardar Ahmad (PML-QA), Chaudhry Shaukat Mahmood (MMA), Syed Zaki Hussain (PPP-SB), Dr Haider Gilani, Syed Fayyaz Hussain Shah, Tariq Mahmood Khan, Fauzia Sultana, Muhammad Akbar Shabir, Muhammad Saleem, Muhammad Arif Noor and Mian Zahid Mahmood.

PP-144:Mian Akhlaq Ahmad Guddu (PPP), Chaudhry Muhammad Akram Gujjar (PML-N), Mian Hamid Mairaj (PML-QA), Muhammad Yousaf Chughtai (PTI), Ahsan Sheikh, Babu Ashaar, Hafiz Muhammad Nadeem, Zahid Zulfiqar Khan, Syed Fayyaz Hussain Shah, Advocate Muhammad Afaq and Muhammad Fayyaz Alam.

PP-145:Chaudhry Ayyaz Imran (PPP), Begum Rehana Jamil (PML-N), Mian Muhammad Riaz (PML-QA), Rana Illamuddin Ghazi (PTI), Chaudhry Aamir (PML-Z), Iqbal Mahmood Awan (PAT), Begum Rukhsana Shakeel Ahmad, Syeda Shahida Zaheer and Shahzad Iqbal Bhatti.

(PP-146):Haji Muhammad Ejaz (PPP), Haji Abdur Razzaq (PML-N), Muhammad Azeem (PML-QA), Mian Miraj Din (PTI), Javed Iqbal (PPP-SB), Syed Zawar hussain Bukhari (Millat Party), Agha Abdul Rehman, Chaudhry Arshad Mahmood, Haji Amjad Ali, Dr Arshad Alam, Shaista Suleman, Tahir Sarwar and Abdul Karim Mughal.

PP-147:Sardar Ayaz Sadiq (PML-N), Dr Muhammad Nasir (PML-QA), Syed Shadab Hussain Jafferi (PTI), Mian Ghulam Sajjad (PAT), Asif Hussain butt, Chaudhry Muhammad Ali, Tahir Sarwar and Mian Attaullah.

PP-148:Sohail Malik (PPP), Muhammad Amin Chaudhry (PML-QA), Syeda Saloni Bukhari (PTI), Mian Maqsood Ahmad (MMA), Shakeel Ahmad (PAT), Sheikh Murtaza Ali (JUP), Chaudhry Arif Ali, Ali Rehan, Muhammad Ejaz Chaudhry, Muhammad Naeem Jan, Mian Asad Attaullah Khan, Mian Muhammad Aslam Iqbal and Mian Muhammad Ayub.

PP-149:Dr Fakharuddin Chaudhry (PPP), Rana Mashood Ahmad Khan (PML-N), Tahir Munir Malik (PML-QA), Ghazanfar Ali Syed (PTI), Mian Abdur Rehman (MMA), Chaudhry Zahid Hussain Sira (PAT), Agha Jehangir Khan (Millat Party), Muhammad Saleem Mian (PML-Z), Aftaab Ahmad, Chaudhry Arif Ali, Shakir Ali, Abdul Rasheed Qureshi, Muhammad Iftikhar Khan, Muhammad Pervez Awan, Malik Noor Muhammad Sarfraz, Mrs Rukhshanda Shafquat Chaudhry and Mian Aamir Ataullah.

PP-150:Syed Kazim Hussain (PPP), Mehar Ishtiaq Ahmad (PML-N), Asghar Ali Gill (PML-QA), Pir Ziaul Mustafa Haqqani (PTI), Dr Anwarul Haq (PML-Z), Mohibul Nabi (MMA), Waqar Ahmad Tahir (PAT), Sheikh Saleem Umar and Muhammad Ayub.

PP-151:Syed Hur Bukhari (PPP), Ahad Malik (PML-N), Arshad Imran Salehri (PML-QA), Mian Muhammad Ali (PTI), Kashif Ali Mirza (Millat Party), Irshad Baig, Arshad Manzoor Khan, Chaudhry Zeeshan Ahmad, Suleman Hussain, Sohail Mahmood Butt, Syed Tauseef Hussain, Mian Amir Sohail and Faisal Naseer Khan.

PP-152:Ashraf Ejaz Gill (PPP), Chaudhry Abdul Ghafur Khan (PML-N), Raja Munawwar (PML-QA), Muhammad Amin Zaki (PTI), Mian Mateenur Rehman (PML-Z), Qari Zawar Bahadar (MMA), Mian Shehzad Ahmad Ali (Millat Party), Afzal Malik, Professor Aftab Lodhi, Tanveer Ahmad, Chaudhry Shahid Razzaq, Syed Seerat Hussain, Syed Masoom Hussain, Saiful Islam Janjua, Siddique Rehan, Allama Zubair Ahmad Zaheer and Farooq Azam Qureshi.

PP-153):Malik Ehsan Ganjial (PPP), Muhammad Asghar Chaudhry (PML-QA), Qari Muhammad Zawar bahadur (MMA), Pervez Saleh (Millat Party), Waris Ali (PAT), Azhar Maqbool, Tanveer Azam Sandhu, Chauhdry Muhammad Ashraf, Dr Zahid Akram Ashraf, Dr Chaudhry Allaudin, Sufi Abdul Hameed, Muhammad Rauf Akbar Chohan and Muhammad Zahoorullah Chishti.

PP-154:Munir Ahmad Khan (PPP), Nasrullah Mughal (PML-QA), Salma Naeem (PTI), Syed Ehsanullah Waqas (MMA), Iftikhar Ali Kilcha (PAT), Syed Ajmal Hussain Shah, Iftikhar Ahmad Qureshi, Shahzada Asmatullah Khan, Liaquat Ali Bhatti, Muhammad Anwar Toor and Mian Khurrum Javed.

PP-155:Qasim Zia (PPP), Mian Naseer Ahmad (PML-N), Muhammad Yaqub Bhatti (PML-QA), Advocate Mian Muhammad Aslam (PTI), Qari Habibur Rehman (MMA), Chaudhry Mushtaq Hussain (PAT), Younis Javed, Mian Ameer Nasir, Akhtar Shah Advocate, Noor Naeem Khan and Haroon Akhtar Khan.

PP-156:Abbad Mahmood Qureshi (PPP), Sheikh Amjad Aziz (PML-N), Haroon Akhtar Khan (PML-QA), Tariq Ismail (PTI), Qudratullah Arif (MMA), Prof Aftab Lodhi, Shabir Arshad Joya, Muhammad Tariq Siddique, Muhammad Yasin Sohail and Waqar Nadeem Warriach. PP-157: Malik Javed Awan (PPP), Rana Muhammad Tajammal Hussain (PML-N), Rana Shakoor Mahmood (PML-QA), Ejaz Anwar Ghauri (PTI), Waqar Nadeem Warriach (MMA), Chaudhry Asif Mahmood (Millat Party), Engineer Rana Inamullah and Chaudhry Imtiaz Elahi.

PP-158:Talib Hussain Chaudhry (PML-N), Malik Qadeer Hussain Awan (PML-QA), Muhammad Mansha Chaudhry (PAT), Tanveer Ahmad Meo, Advocate Chaudhry Imtiaz Elahi and Advocate Muhammad Arshad.

PP-159:Nadeem Iqbal Pahat (PPP), Advocate Rana Iqbal Hussain (PML-N), Chaudhry Muhammad Mansha (PML-QA), Sadiq Ali (PTI), Sabir Hussain (PAT), Advocate Tariq Javed, Tariq Shabir, Abdul Hameed Sufi, Muhammad Ishaq and Nadeem Abbas Sandhu.

PP-160:Muhammad Akram Malik (PPP), Afzal Khokhar (PML-N), Malik Muhammad Akram Khokhar (PML-QA), Dr Abdul Wahab Khan (PTI), Jehangir Hussain Bara, Advocate Syed Asif Ali Shah (PML-Z), Ulfat Hussain, Chaudhry Amjad Ali, Chaudhry Shakeel Ahmad Gujjar, Azizullah Kahn, Malik Ejaz Hussain Bara, Advocate Malik Zaheer Abbas, Malik Maqbool Ahmad Bara, Advocate Malik Munsif Awan and Advocate Mian Mukhtar Ahmad.

PP-161:Abdul Rashid Bhatti (PPP), Advocate Tariq Majeed Khan (PML-N), Rana Muhammad Tariq (PML-QA), Mian Zafar Hameed (PTI), Rana Jameel Ahmad Manj, Rana Khalid Umar Khan, Advocate Sardar Tahir Shahbaz Khan and Attaullah Atif Khanzada.

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