LAHORE: The Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) on Wednesday finalised candidates for the central Punjab regions – starting from NA-52 (Islamabad-I) to NA-149 (Sahiwal-III) – and asked them to collect their tickets from Bilawal House (Lahore).

Of the 97 seats falling in the area, around 19 have been left open and the rest 78 seats will be contested by the party stalwarts like Syed Faisal Saleh Hayat (NA-114), Qamaruz Zaman Qaira (NA-70) and Samina Khalid Ghurki (NA-132).

The party has nominated Shahzad Naul from NA-144 (Okara) where its central Punjab President Manzoor Wattoo is contesting as an independent.

The seats left vacant include NA-57, NA-78, NA-83, NA-92, NA-105, NA-110, NA-112, NA-113, NA-115, NA-116, NA-117, NA-119, NA-120, NA-122, NA-123, NA-126, NA-128, NA-137, NA-138, NA-139, NA-140, NA-143, NA- 145 and NA-147.

Those awarded tickets include, Muhammad Fazal Khokar (NA-52), Sabtainul Hassan Bukhari (NA-53), Raja Imran Ashraf (NA-54), Sardar Zulifqar Hayat (NA-55), Sardar Saleem Haider (NA-56), Raja Pervaiz Ashraf (NA-58), Kamran Aslam Ch. (NA-59), Mukhtar Abbas (NA-60), Haji Gulzar Awan (NA-61), Sumara Gull (NA-62), Jabbar Ahmad Cheela (NA-64), Malik Hasham Khan Awan (NA-65), Tasneem Nasir Gujjar (NA-66), Fayaz Aslam (NA-67), Ch. Azhar Iqbal (NA-68), Mrs. Wazir-ul-Nisa (NA-69), Qamar Zaman Qaira (NA-70), Ch. Ahsan (NA-71), Malik Tahir Akhtar (NA-72), Zarar Mahmood Malik (NA-73), Mrs. Nargis Fayaz Malik (NA-74), Dr. Zahir ul Hassan Rizvi (NA-75), Yasir Mushtaq Bajwa (NA-76), Muhammad Nawaz (NA-77), Ch. Ijaz Ahmad Cheema (NA-79), Rao Akram Ali Khan (NA-80), Muhammad Anas Amjad Ch. (NA-81),

Muhammad Ishaq (NA-82), Ch. Zulifqar Ali (NA-84), Asif Bashir Bahghat (NA-85), Fakhar Umer Hayat Laleeka (NA-86), Azhar ul Hassan (NA-88), Muhammad Aslam (NA-89), Tasneem Ahmad Qureshi (NA-90), Tariq Mahmood Gujjar (NA-91), Agha Naseem Abbas (NA-93), Safdar Ali (NA-94), Muhammad Khalid Khan (NA-95), Khalid Awan (NA-96), Makhdoom Syed Asad Hayat (NA-99), Anayat Ali Shah (NA-100), Tariq Bajwa (NA-101), Rai Muhammad Shah Jahan Khral (NA-102), Shahdat Khan Baloach (NA-103), Rana Farooq Saeed Khan (NA-104), Ch. Saeed Iqbal (NA-106), Malik Sardar Muhammad (NA-107), Malik Asghar Ali Qaiser (NA-108), Haji Muhammad Afzal (NA-109), Haji Muhammad Ishaq (NA-111), Makhdoom Syed Faisal Hayat (NA-114), Rai Shah Jahan Bhatti (NA-118), Muhammad Javaid Bhatti (NA-122), Ch. Zahir (NA-124), Hafiz Zubair Kardar (NA-125), Syed Zafar Ali Shah (NA-128), Iftikhar Shahid (NA-129), Adeel Ghulam Mohyuddin (NA-130), Asim Mahmood Bhatti (NA-131), Samina Khalid Ghurki (NA-132), Ch. Muhammad Aslam Gull (NA-133), Sohail Awan (NA-134), Amjad Ali Jatt (NA-135), Rana Jameel Ahmad (NA-136), Rai Mujtaba Khral (Na-141), Nawab Tariq (NA-142), Shahzad Naul (NA-144), Mian Shukat Ali Bajwa (NA-146), Mehar Ghulam Fareed Kahtia (NA-148) and Ali Javaid (NA-149).

Published in Dawn, June 28th, 2018