SARGODHA, Aug 23: Only three candidates have so far submitted their nomination papers a day ahead of the stipulated date.
Information gleaned by this correspondent on Friday revealed that independent candidate Dr Nadia Aziz and Faheem Haider Cheema of PAT had filed their papers for PP-34 and independent candidate Nuzhat Kausar had filed her papers for PP-36, Sargodha-XI.
Meanwhile, the PPP and PML-QA have yet to finalize candidates for the election.
The People’s Party (parliamentarians) have decided that they would field Inamul Haq Piracha from NA-64, Sargodha-I, Mehr Khaliq Yar Lak from NA-65, Tasneem Ahmad Qureshi from NA-66 and Chaudhry Nasir from NA-67. However, the party has yet to announce candidate for NA-68.
For provincial assembly, the party has nominated Haroon Ehsan Piracha, son of ex-federal finance minister Ehsanul Haq Piracha, for PP-28, Mian Abdul Qadeer for PP-30, Tanveer Midhiana for PP-31 and Malik Azizul Haq or Dr Naveed Akram for PP-34.
The PML-QA has so far nominated Chaudhry Muhammad Ali for NA-64, Ghayyas Ahmad Mela for NA-65, party chief Mian Muhammad Azhar for NA-66, Sargodha-III, Chaudhry Anwar Ali Cheema for NA-67, Sargodha-IV and district Naib Nazim Mian Mazhar Ahmad Qureshi for NA-68.
The only nomination for the provincial assembly seat is of Amir Sultan Cheema, relative of Punjab PML-QA President Pervez Elahi, for PP-32, Sargodha-V.
TOBA TEK SINGH: Only four candidates have so far filed their nomination papers in Toba Tek Singh.
They are Chaudhry Muneer Ahmad of Muslim league (F) and Farhan Latif as an independent candidate for NA 93 (Toba), Mian Ismail Zafar as an independent candidate for PP-87 (Rajana) and Ms Ume Rubab Syed as an independent candidate for PP-85 (Gojra).
BAHAWALNAGAR: Former Senator Mian Alam Ali Lalika, brother-in-law of Abdul Sattar Lalika, is the only candidate who has so far filed papers for NA-189, Bahawalnagar II.
The PPP has finalized its candidates for national and provincial assembly seats while the PML-QA and PML-N were still in a fix over finalizing candidates.
The PML-N has so far decided that they would field ex-district president of PAT, Ahmad Farid Chishti, from NA-188 and ex-MNA Dr Noor Muhammad Ghafari from NA-189.
Meanwhile, the party’s decision to allot ticket for PP-279 to Mian Mumtaz Wattoo instead of Nazir Ahmad Khan has reportedly disappointed the party workers.