The district is home to many key constituencies of Punjab but NA-73, Sialkot-II, is poised to have the most significant contest between PML-N’s Khwaja Muhammad Asif and PTI’s Usman Dar.
Besides PTI and PML-N, candidates from the PPP, Pakistan Sunni Tehreek, MQM-Pakistan and TLP as well as independents, are likely to prove stiff competition.
Castes are expected to play a key role in the city where both Khwaja Asif and Usman Dar belong to the Kashmiri biradari, due to which the community is divided. Both of them have support of Arain and Gujjar biradaries as well.
Read more from Dawn’s analysis here.
