Babar Awan, Shahzad Akbar fail to secure PTI tickets for Senate polls
ISLAMABAD: Two key aides of Prime Minister Imran Khan couldn't get the PTI tickets for the upcoming Senate elections because the party issued the ultimate list of its candidates for the March 3 polls.
The ruling party’s Parliamentary Board, which met here today with PM Imran Khan within the chair, didn't approve the names of Babar Awan, Shahzad Akbar, Amir Mughal and Sajjad Turi because the candidates for the hotly contested elections.
The board awarded tickets to twenty candidates.
From Balochistan, the name of Abdul Qadir (PTI-BAP joint candidate) was approved for a general seat while PM’s Adviser on Finance Dr Abdul Hafeez Sheikh and Fauzia Arshad got tickets on the overall and reserved seats respectively for Islamabad.
From Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Shibli Faraz, Mohsin Aziz, Zeeshan Khanzada, Faisal Saleem and Najiullah Khattak got tickets on general seats, while Dost Muhammad Mehsud and Dr Humayun Mohmand got a plow ahead to be PTI’s candidates on Technocrat seats.
Meanwhile, on reserved seats for ladies , Dr Sania Nishtar (chairperson Ehsaas Programme) and Falak Naz Chitrali are going to be the ruling party's candidates, while Gurdeep Singh would be PTI’s candidate on the reserved seat for minorities.
On general seats from Punjab, Saifullah Khan Nyazee (North Punjab), Ejaz Ahmad Chaudhary (Central Punjab) and Aon Abbas Buppi (Southern Punjab) are given PTI tickets.
Barrister Ali Zafar and Dr Zarqa are the ruling party’s candidates for the technocrat seat and reserved seat for ladies , respectively.
From Sindh, where the PTI is that the second-largest party, Faisal Vawda has been awarded a ticket for a general seat while Saifullah Abrro would be the PTI’s candidate for a technocrat seat.
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