PTI offers Yasmin Rashid Lahore mayor candidature

E-Paper | May 03, 2026

LAHORE: The Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf has offered Health Minister Dr Yasmin Rashid to contest the all-important Lahore Mayor elections in the local government elections expected to be held in May this year.

It is reliably learnt that Dr Rashid had not given her consent upfront as she wanted to discuss the ways and means to contest the election.

Sources in the chief minister’s secretariat told Dawn that Chief Minister Usman Buzdar had recommended Dr Rashid as the mayor candidate to Prime Minister Imran Khan. Sources said the premier had assigned the task to federal education minister Shafqat Mahmood to convince Dr Rashid to become Lahore Mayor candidate.

Sources also claimed that the offer was given to Dr Rashid in a meeting with Mr Buzdar and Mr Mahmood.

Published in Dawn, January 20th, 2022

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Tahir Raouf

Jan 20, 2022 10:14am

Haven’t learnt the lesson from Peshawar mayorship

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Fastrack

Jan 20, 2022 10:16am

So she keeps quiet on the ‘blood test reports’

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asim

Jan 20, 2022 10:29am

Smart way of getting rid of her.

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Anti-Corruption_Pakistani

Jan 20, 2022 11:05am

Will her poor health allow her to do the mayor's demanding job diligently? No doubt, Dr Yasmin Rashid is a honest, loyal and hardworking lady, but, in my opinion, in her present condition, I don't think, she will accept the offer.

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Aziz

Jan 20, 2022 08:18pm

PTI will for sure loose this election

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