KARACHI, April 18: A 10-party alliance led by the Pakistan Muslim League-Functional on Thursday finalised the lists of nearly all of its candidates contesting the national and provincial assembly seats in the city.

However, sources close to the alliance told Dawn that the parties could not reach consensus on candidates for two national assembly seats NA-243 and 250 and provincial assembly seats PS-97, 113, 114, 126, 128, 129 and PS-130.

Candidates for NA seats

NA-239 Qazi Fakhrul Hasan of the JUI-F, NA-240 Mufti Faizul Haq of the JUI-F, NA-241 M. Laeeq Khan of the JI, NA-242 Najeebullah Khan Niazi of the PML-N, NA-243 Undecided, NA-244 S.M. Bilal of the JI, NA-245 Dr Meraj-ul-Huda Siddiqui of the JI, NA-246 Rashid Naseem of the JI, NA-247 Dr Siddique Rathore/ Saleemuddin Qureshi of the JUP, NA-248 Maulana Sheerin Mohammad of the JUI-F, NA-249 Shah Owais Noorani of the JUP, NA-250 Undecided, NA-251 Zahid Saeed of the JI, NA-252 Mohammad Hussain Mehanti of the JI, NA-253 Asadullah Bhutto of the JI, NA-254 Allama Rajab Ali Naeemi of the JUP, NA-255 Abdul Jameel Khan of the JI, NA-256 Shah Owais Noorani of the JUP, NA-257 Ziauddin Ansari of the PML-N, NA-258 Abdul Hakeem Baloch of the PML-N

Provincial assembly seats

PS-89 Humayun Mohammad Khan of the PML-N, PS-91 Hafiz Mohammad Naeem the JUI-F, PS-94 Mukhtar Bin Hamid of the JI, PS-95 Taj Mohammad Khan of the JI, PS-96 Maulana Abdul Qadeem of the JUI-F, PS-98 Maulana Shamshad-ur-Rehman of the JUI-F, PS-99 Rahat Hussain Siddiqui of the PML-N, PS-100 Mohammad Ahmad of the JI, PS-101 Nasim Siddiqui of the JI, PS-102 Syed Mohammad Iqbal of the JI, PS-103 Hafiz Naeem-ur-Rehman of the JI, PS-104 Syed Wajeeh Ahmed of the JI, PS-105 Farooq Naimatullah of the JI, PS-106 Mohammad Mustaqeem Noorani of the JUP, PS-107 Mohammad Mustaqeeem Noorani of the JUP, PS-109 Sultan Bahadur of the PML-N, PS-110 Abdul Razzaq Sangani of the JUP, PS-111 H.M. Haneef of the JI, PS-115 Shair Khan Advocate and Imran Tareen of the JUI-F, PS-116 Nasrullah Khan Shajee of the JI, PS-118 Syed Qutab of the JI, PS-121 Mufti M. Ghous Sabri of the JUP, PS-122 M. Aslam Abbasi Noorani of the JUP, PS-123 Hafiz Nooruddin Ansari of the JUP, PS-125 Mehruddin Fazal of the JI and PS-127 Manzoor Ali Dahri of the PML-F.

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