ISLAMABAD, April 2: Pakistan Tehrik-i-Insaf (PTI) finalised on Tuesday the names of its candidates in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa for contesting the upcoming elections.

The PTI candidates will contest elections for all the 35 National Assembly seats in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa except three seats -- NA-18, NA-23 and NA-31.

The party chief, Imran Khan, has himself decided to contest polls from NA-1, Peshawar-1 constituency. PTI, however, has given no reason for not fielding candidates in the three National Assembly constituencies in the province. Nobody from the party’s media wing was available for comments.

Out of 99 general seats of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly, PTI has finalised candidates for 86 seats. However, the party hasn’t awarded tickets to anyone in PK-1, PK-42, PK-43, PK-46, PK-47, PK-48, PK-51, PK-53, PK-68, PK-75, PK-80, PK-88 and PK-96 constituencies.

According to a statement issued by PTI, its candidates for National Assembly seats in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa include Khalid Masood for NA-2 Peshawar, Sajid Nawaz for NA-3 Peshawar, Asad Gulzar Khan for NA-4 Peshawar, Pervaiz Khan Khattak for NA-5 Nowshehra-I, Azizullah Jan for NA-6 Nowshehra-II, Fazl Mohammad Khan for NA-7 Charsadda-1, Anwar Taj for NA-8 Charsadda-II, Nasir Khan for NA-9 Mardan-1, Ali Mohammad Khan NA-10 Mardan-II, Mujahid Ali NA-11 Mardan-III, Anwar Haq Dad NA-12 Swabi-I, Asad Qaisar NA-13 Swabi-II, Sheharyar Afridi NA-14 Kohat, Shamsur Rehman Khattak NA-15 Karak, Khayal Zaman NA-16 Hangu, Mohammad Azhar Khan Jadoon NA-17 Abbottabad-I, Raja Amir Zaman NA-19 Haripur, Mohammad Azam Khan Swati NA-20 Mansehra-I, Nawabzada Salahuddin Saeed NA-21 Mansehra-II, Niaz Mohammad Khan NA-22 Battagram, Mustafa Kundi NA-24 Dera Ismail Khan, Dawar Khan Kundi NA-25 Tank, Matiullah Khan NA-26 Bannu, Col (retired) Amirullah Marwat NA-27 Lakki Marwat, Mian Moinuddin NA-28 Buner, Sher Afgan Khan NA-29 Swat-I, Jamal Nasir NA-30 Swat-II, Abdul Latif NA-32 Chitral, Mohammad Nawaz Khan NA-33 Upper Dir, Mohammad Bashir Khan NA-34 Lower Dir and Junaid Akbar Khan would contest from NA-35 Malakand constituency.

According to the list of candidates for provincial assembly seats, Shaukat Yousufzai will contest election from PK-2 Peshawar-II constituency, Ashraf Ali Khan PK-3 Peshawar-III, Arif Yousuf PK-4 Peshawar-IV, Yaseen Khalil PK-5 Peshawar-V, Faheem Ahmad PK-6 Peshawar-VI, Mahmood Jan PK-7 Peshawar-VII, Jahanzeb Khan PK-8 Peshawar-VIII, Arbab Jahandad Khan PK-9 Peshawar-IX, Shah Farman PK-10 Peshawar-X, Syed Mohammad Ishtiaq PK-11 Peshawar-XI, Khaliqur Rehman PK-12 Nowshehra-I, Pervaiz Khattak PK-13 Nowshehra-II, Jamshaidud Din PK-14 Nowshehra-III, Mohammad Idrees PK-15 Nowshehra-IV, Qurban Ali Khan PK-16 Nowshehra-V, Abid Jan PK-17 Charsadda-I, Tariq Adam Khan PK-18 Charsadda-II, Mohammad Babar Khan PK-19 Charsadda-III, Nadeem Alam PK-20 Charsadda-IV, Mohammad Ilyas PK-21 Charsadda-V, Mohammad Arif PK-22 Charsaddah-VI, Syed Umar Farooq PK-23 Mardan-I, Mohammad Zahid PK-24 Mardan-II, Obaidullah PK-25 Mardan-III, Iftikhar Ali PK-26 Mardan-IV, Adil Nawaz PK-27 Mardan-V, Mohammad Khitab Badshah PK-28 Mardan-VI, Tufail Anjum PK-29 Mardan-VII, Mohammad Atif PK-30 Mardan-VIII, Yousuf Ali PK-31 Swabi-I, Zahoor Ahmad PK-32 Swabi-II, Zubair Ali Engineer PK-33 Swabi-III, Fazale Elahi PK-34 Swabi-IV, Asad Qaisar PK-35 Swabi-V, Rangez Ahmad PK-36 Swabi-VI, Aurangzeb Khan PK-37 Kohat-I, Ziaullah Khan Bangash PK-38 Kohat-II, Imtiaz Shahid Qureshi PK-39 Kohat-III, Gul Sahib Khan PK-40 Karak-I, Mohammad Saleem PK-41 Karak-II, Asif Zubair Sheikh PK-44 Abbottabad-I, Abdul Rehman Khan Abbasi PK-45 Abbottabad-II, Akhtar Nawaz Khan PK-49 Haripur-I, Yousuf Ayub Khan PK-50 Haripur-II, Faisal Zaman Khan PK-52 Haripur-IV, Syed Munir Hassan Shah PK-54 Mansehra-III, Sajid Mumtaz PK-55 Mansehra-IV, Haq Nawaz Khan PK-56 Mansehra-V, Zulfiqar Ali PK-57 Mansehra-VI, Amarullah PK-58 Mansehra-VII, Javed Khan PK-59 Battagram-I, Mohammad Naeem Khan Shaheen PK-60 Battagram-II, Kifayatullah PK-61 Kohistan-I, Fayyaz Khan PK-62 Kohistan-II, Afreen Khan PK-63 Kohistan-III, Ali Ameen Khan PK-64 Dera Ismail Khan-I, Mohammad Amir Qayyum Barki PK-65 Dera Ismail Khan-II, Hamayuddin PK-66 Dera Ismail Khan-III, Umar Amin Khan PK-67 Dera Ismail Khan-IV, Mohammad Daud PK-69 Tank, Asif Rehman PK-70 Bannu-I, Taimur Farid Khan PK-71 Bannu-II, Syed Munir Agha PK-72 Bannu-III, Murad Ali Shah PK-73 Bannu-IV, Saleem Nawaz Khan PK-74 Lakki Marwat-I, Engineer Mohammad Arif Khan PK-76 Lakki Marwat-III, Mohammad Iqbal PK-77 Buner-I, Syed Fakhar Jahan PK-78 Buner-II, Sher Khan PK-79 Buner-III, Fazle Hakim PK-80 Swat-I, Azizullah Khan PK-81 Swat-II, Amjad Ali PK-82 Swat-III, Azmat Ali Khan PK-83 Swat-IV, Mahmood Khan PK-84 Swat-V, Nisar Ahmad PK-85 Swat-VI, Mohammad Zaib PK-86 Swat-VII, Shaukat Ali Yousufzai PK-87 Shangla-I, Sultan Mohammad PK-89 Chitral-I, Rehmat Ghazi Khan PK-90 Chitral-II, Mohammad Nabi PK-91 Upper Dir-I, Nawab Ali PK-92 Upper Dir-II, Sajjad Fayyaz Khan PK-93 Upper Dir-III, Mohammad Inam PK-94 Lower Dir-I, Obaidullah Sajid PK-95 Lower Dir-II, Malik Fakharuz Zaman Khan PK-97 Lower Dir-IV, Yasir Khan PK-98 Malakand-I and Shakeel Ahmad will contest election from PK-99 Malakand-II constituency.