LAHORE:
PML-N has finalized around 90 per cent of tickets for Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK), which will be issued in a day or two, a PTI Kashmir chapter leader said.
He attended the meeting, which was chaired by PML-N president Nawaz Sharif, as the party pushes ahead with its election campaign in AJK.
“The PML-N president has approved around 38 tickets for Azad Jammu and Kashmir, which will be issued on Thursday or Friday,” the party leader said. The express PAkGazette on condition of anonymity.
He said barring one seat (LA-10 Kotli City, where a new candidate Fateeh Mehmood Kiyani was given the ticket instead of seven-time MLA Malik Muhammad Nawaz), there were no surprises. He added that the AJK party leadership had been issued tickets as expected and requested.
The ticket for LA-41 (Valley-2), a refugee seat in Lahore, has been withheld pending formal approval from Hamza Shehbaz, under whose jurisdiction the seat falls.
He said the seat is expected to be allotted to Ayesha. He further said that party president Shah Ghulam Qadir received tickets from both Upper Neelum (LA-25) and Lower Neelum (LA-26).
He added that according to his information, tickets for six seats are pending, including LA-45 (Valley-5, Peshawar-Hazara), where the ticket could be issued to an ally.
The source said Nawaz was of the view that an amicable solution should be found to the “mess” created by the recently banned faction.
However, he stated that the party will continue with its election campaign at full steam as the protests and sit-ins were limited to only three or four constituencies.
He noted that the law and order situation was the responsibility of the administration, adding that they believed that refugees should not be deprived of their seats. “These refugees have no voice or representation other than these seats.”
When asked about the different views of different parties, he said since 10 seats are in Punjab, it gives the PML-N an additional advantage as the only other party with a sizeable vote bank is in “disarray”. He added that other parties that do not have a presence in the province would face difficulties. “Take away these seats and the PML-N will lose its advantage.
According to the source, LA-1 Mir Pur 1 remained pending, LA-2 Mirpur 2 will be handed over to Chaurdary Azeem Baskh, L-3 Mirpur 3 to Chaudhry Muhammad Saeed, LA-4 Mir Pur 4 comprising Khari Sharif area to Chaudary Rukhsar Ahmed, LA-5 Barnala to Colonel (retd) Waqar Ahmed Noor, LA-6 Bhimber 2, Chaudary Muhamad Razaq, LA-7 Bhimber 3, Chaudhry Tariq Farooq, LA-8 Kotli 1 Raj Mehal area to Malik Zulfiqar Ali, LA-9 Kotli 2 Nakyal area to Sardar Umair Naeem nephew of former Prime Minister Sardar Sikandar Hayat Tayat, LA-10 Kotli 3 Fateeh Muhammad Kiyani City, LA-11 Kotli 4 Sansa area to Raja Muhammad Asif, LA-12 Kotli Area 5 from Charhoi to Raja Muhammd Riyasat, LA-13 Kotli Area 6 from Khoi Rata to Raja Ayaz Nisar, LA-14 Bagh1 Area from Dheerkot to Raja Faisal Azad, LA-15 Bagh Area 2 from Wasti Bagh to party information secretary Mushtaq Ahmad Minhas, LA-16 Bagh Area 3 from Sharqi Bagh to Sardar Mir Akbar Khan, LA-17 Bagh 4 to Engineer Mohsin Aziz, LA-18 Poonch 1 Abbass Pur area, slope, LA-19 Poonch 2 to Sardar Amir Altaf, LA-20 Poonch 3 Khai Galain area to Sardar Abdur Rasheed, LA-21 Poonch 4 Rawalakot city area to Sardar Tahir Anwar, LA-22 Poonch5 area from Khorar slope, LA-23 Poonch 6 Palndri to Dr. Muhammad Najeeb Naqi, LA-24 Pooch Area 7 from Balooch to Sardar Farooq Ahmed Tahir, LA-25 and LA-26 Neelum Area 1 and 2 from upper and lower Neelam to party president Shah Ghullam Qadir, LA-27 Muzafarabad Kotla, Noreen Arif, LA-28 Muzafarabar 2, Najrat area pending, LA-29 Muzaffarbad 3 Muzafarbad city area to Barister Iftakhar Gillani, LA-30 Muzaffarbad 4 Khabra area to Raja Saqib Majeed, LA-31 Muzaffarabad 5 Hadiyain Dupta area to Dr. Mustafa Bashir Abbassi, LA-32 Muzaffarabad 6 Shigar and Raja Muhammad Farooq area Ahmad Khan, former chief minister of Ch Muhammad Rasheed’s LA-33 Muzaffarbad 7.
In refugee constituencies, Jamu 1, LA-34 area of Lahore and Karachi up to Nasir Ahmad Dar. Jamu 2 LA-35 to Ch Muhammad Ismail for people of occupied Kashmir living in Gujranwala area, LA-36 Jamu 3 to Ahsan Raza for people of occupied Sialkot, LA-37 Jamu 4 to Narowal area to Maryam Javeed, LA-38 Jamu 5 to Gujrat area to Ch Muhammad Zeeshan, Jamu 6 to Rawalpindi area and Attock to Raja Muhammad Saddique, Valley 2 expected to Ayesha area of Lahore, Valley 3 Jelhum area to Multan to Syed Shuakat Shah Valley 4 LA-43 Muhammad Yaseen Loan area of Rawalpindi, LA-44 Valley 5 Murree area to Hafiz Ahmad Raza Qadri currently a sitting MLA and LA-45 Valley 6 Peshawar Hazara where an ally could receive this seat.
