KARACHI, April 2: The PML-Functional has awarded tickets to its 31 candidates for contesting May 11 general elections on national and provincial assembly seats in Sindh.

Eleven candidates were given ticket for contesting NA seats. They are; Kamran Tissori (NA-250), Mir Hassan Khoso (NA-209), Mehtab Akbar Rashidi (NA-204), Ghous Bux Mehar (NA-203), Syed Qurban Ali Shah (NA-226), Haji Pir Bux Junejo (NA-234), Syed Kazim Ali Shah (NA-217), Pir Sajjad Jan Sarhandi (NA-222), Pir Saddaruddin Shah Rashidi (NA-235), Imamuddin Shaukeen (NA-236) and Younis Sain (NA-216).

Twenty candidates got tickets for contesting elections on provincial assembly seats. They are Qasim Siraj Soomro (PS-70), Zulfiqar Ali Khan Sarki (PS-15), Imtiaz Ahmed Sheikh (PS-11), Shehryar Khan Mehar (PS-10), Zulfiqar Ali (PS-9), Muhammad Rashid (PS-30), Dr Rafiq Banbhan (PS-31), Sardar Chakar Khan Shahani (PS-73), Syed Muhammad Shah (PS-74), Faqir Jadim Mangrio (PS-69), Syed Mashooq Muhammad Shah (PS-33), Shakil Marri (PS-82), Haji Khuda Bux Rajar (PS-80), Jam Madad Ali Khan (PS-81), Syed Ismail Shah (PS-34), Saeed Khan Nizamani (PS-78), Waryam Faqir (PS-79), Muhammad Bux Khaskheli (PS-83), Inayat Ali Talpur (PS-53), Noor Ahmed Bhurgari (PS-67), Mir Shahnawaz (PS-32), Ghulam Haider Raho (PS-28), Umar Farooq Qureshi (PS-84), Sardar Rameez-ul-Haq Baloch (PS-86), Ayaz Ahmed Qureshi (PS-88), Iqbal Musa Chandio (PS-87), Kareem Bakhsh (PS-85), Bazi Khan (PS-89), Nadeem Shah Jilani (PS-72), Muhammad Saleem Taheem (PS-13), Dr Iqrar Ali Jakhrani (PS-18) and Abdul Rahim Bundahni (PS-1).—APP

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