PESHAWAR: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) awarded party ticket on NA-1 Peshawar to Gul Bacha and on NA-5 Nowshera to Chief Minister Pervez Khattak’s son-in-law as it announced candidates for the by-election. A PTI press release Monday said the party’s parliamentary board met in Islamabad and finalised candidates on different National Assembly and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly seats. It said ticket for NA-1 was awarded to Gul Bacha, NA-5 to Imran Khattak, NA-24 to Dawar Kundi, PK-23 to Umar Farooq, PK-27 to Engr Adil and PK-70 to Adnan Wazir. Decision on award of ticket on NA-13 and NA-27 could not be made. NA-13 Swabi- II was vacated by Khyber Pakh-tunkhwa Assembly Speaker and PTI provincial president Asad Qaiser. He is lobbying to get ticket for his brother, Waheed Khan. It appears that the parliamentary board is not convinced to award ticket to Qaiser’s brother. On NA-27 Lakki Marwat, the decision to award ticket could not be taken. Imran Khattak, who was awarded ticket on NA-5 Nowshera, is nephew and son-in-law of the Khyber Pakh-tunkhwa Chief Minister Pervez Khattak.
Posted on: Thu, 18 Jul 2013 01:42:20 +0000