ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) on Thursday finalised its candidates for the July 25 elections on 11 National Assembly seats and 17 provincial assembly seats in Sindh.

The candidates were finalised by the party during a meeting of the parliamentary board of Sindh which was presided over by PTI chairman Imran Khan at his Banigala residence.

According to the official announcement made by the party’s central media department, PTI’s vice chairman Shah Mehmood Qureshi will contest the election from NA-221 (Tharparkar); Liaqaut Ali Jatoi from NA-234 (Dadu-I); Karim Ali Jatoi from NA-235 (Dadu-II) and Dr Arif Alvi from NA-247 (Karachi South).

The others who have been awarded party tickets for NA seats are Syed Tahir Hussain Shah (NA-206, Sukkur-1); Mubeen Ahmed (NA-207, Sukkur-II); Mohammad Hakam (NA-227, Hyderabad-III); Syed Zulfiqar Ali Shah (NA-228, Tando Muhammad Khan); Malik Pahar Khan (NA-233, Jamshoro); Saifur Rehman (NA-242, Karachi East-I) and Syed Ali Hyder Zaidi (NA-244, Karachi East-III).

Those who have been awarded tickets to contest the elections for provincial assembly seats are Shaharyar Khan Shar (PS-18); Mir Iftikhar Ahmed Khan Lound (PS-21); Ghulam Ali Abbas (PS-22); Ghulam Shah Mardan (PS-23); Asghar Ali (PS-52); Dost Mohammad (PS-53); Umaid Ali Junejo (PS-67); Mohammad Altaf Nizamani (PS-68); Syed Zulfiqar Ali Shah (PS-69); Zaib Nisa (PS-78); Ahsan Ali Jatoi (PS-83); Sadaqat Ali Jatoi (PS-84); Ashique Ali Zounr (PS-85); Bandah Ali Leghari (PS-86); Haleem Adil Shaikh (PS-99); Khurram Sher Zaman (PS-110) and Imran Ismail (PS-111).

Published in Dawn, June 1st, 2018