Imran Khan announced that he would review complaints raised by candidates who were denied nomination tickets for the upcoming Punjab Assembly elections (Image: Reuters)
In the upcoming Punjab Assembly elections, 20% of the seats have been reported to be in contention, and 80% of the tickets have been handed over to “deserving candidates”.
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chief Imran Khan on Saturday announced that he would review complaints made by candidates who were not given nomination tickets for the Punjab Assembly elections. dawn informed of.
dawn It also reported that before the former prime minister could start the review process, supporters of some of the candidates started protesting. “I will start the ticket review process from tomorrow till the 26th case referred to me by the four conciliation committees formed for the purpose,” Khan tweeted.
The Election Commission of Pakistan has extended the last date for submission of party tickets till April 26.
dawn Said 20% seats are disputed and 80% tickets have been handed over to “deserving candidates”.
Decision on 12 seats is pending and Imran Khan gave 285 tickets to the candidates. The party received over 1,500 applications. dawn PTI quoted officials as saying that the struggle is between candidates who submitted nomination papers for the respective constituencies as they felt they were better suited to represent those areas.
Khan said on several occasions that he would personally interview candidates before handing over nomination tickets to them.
Many big names were also left out in the final list of candidates like Shah Mehmood Qureshi, Fawad Chaudhary and Hammad Azhar.
dawn The report said that along with these big players, two leaders – newly appointed PTI chairman Chaudhary Parvez Elahi and Usman Buzdar – are in prime position to become chief ministers of Punjab province if voted to power.
Shahbaz Gill, whose alleged torture at the hands of the police has often been raised by Imran Khan to woo his party workers, was also denied a ticket.
Four committees have been constituted to discuss the grievances raised and recommend adjustments in the final list.
The North Punjab Review Committee headed by retired Brigadier Musadiq Abbasi, the Central Punjab Review Committee headed by Senator Ejaz Chowdhary, the West Punjab Review Committee headed by Hasan Nawaz and the South Punjab Review Committee headed by Aon Abbas Bappi will engage the complainants. dawn informed of.
Imran Khan facilitated leaders of the ex-Pakistan Muslim League (Quaid-e-Azam) (PML-(Q)) group and gave tickets to 10 party leaders, a faction of which has now merged with PTI.
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