LAHORE: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PMLN) has announced party candidates for the National and provincial assembly elections in Punjab.
Among the candidates, there are 36 contestants who are father-son, father-daughter, husband-wife, brother-in-law, mother-son, father-in-law and uncle-nephew. Nawaz Sharif and his daughter will contest the National Assembly polls from Lahore. Similarly, Shehbaz Sharif and his son Hamza Shehbaz will participate in the National Assembly elections.
PMLN Lahore President Saiful Mulok Khokhar has been awarded a ticket for National Assembly seat and his son Faisal Ayub for provincial assembly. Afzal Khokhar from Lahore and his nephew Irfan Shafi Khokhar are contesting the election on PMLN ticket.
From Dera Ghazi Khan, former minister Owais Leghari and his son Amar Leghari have got National Assembly tickets from Rajanpur. Former minister Khawaja Saad Rafiq is contesting for National Assembly and his brother Salman Rafiq for provincial assembly from Lahore.
Former minister Syed Basit Bukhari and his daughter Syeda Shahr Bano Bukhari have been fielded from Muzaffargarh. From Bahawalpur, Iqbal Chanar has been issued a ticket for National Assembly and his son Zaheer Iqbal Chanar for provincial assembly. National tickets have been awarded to Chaudhry Khalid Javed Waraich from Toba Tek Singh and provincial ticket to his son Uqba Waraich. Yaqoob Shaikh is a candidate for the National Assembly from Jhang and his wife Rashida Yaqoob for provincial assembly.
National Assembly ticket has been issued to Rana Hayat from Kasur and provincial ticket to his son Rana Sikandar.Tickets have been issued to Begum Tahmina Daultana and her son Irfan Aqeel Daultana from Vehari.
National Assembly tickets have been awarded to Amjad Farooq Khosa and his son Abdul Qadir Khosa from Dera Ghazi Khan and Taunsa. From Lodhran, Siddique Baloch has been issued a ticket for National Assembly and his son Umair Baloch for provincial assembly.
Syed Muhammad Mukhtar Hussain Shah has been given National Assembly ticket from Khanewal and provincial ticket for his son Muhammad Murtaza Hussain. Former federal minister Mian Javed Latif has been given the ticket for National Assembly and his brother Mian Amjad Latif for provincial assembly from Sheikhupura.
From Rajanpur, former deputy speaker Dost Mohammad Mazari has been issued a provincial ticket and his uncle Riyaz Mazari a National Assembly ticket. From Faisalabad, Rana Sanaullah Khan has been issued a ticket for National Assembly and his son-in-law Rana Ahmed Shahryar for provincial assembly.
Muslim League-N has given National Assembly tickets to eight new faces in Punjab. Among them are Bilal Azhar Kayani, son of Major General (retd) Azhar Kayani from Jhelum, Maryam Nawaz Sharif, daughter of Nawaz Sharif from Lahore. Attaullah Tarar, grandson of former President Rafiq Tarar, will contest elections for the first time.
Shahr Bano Bukhari, daughter of former member of National Assembly Basit Sultan Bukhari from Muzaffargarh, Raja Usama Sarwar, son of former minister Raja Ashfaq Sarwar from Murree, Rana Ahmed Atiq, son of former MNA Rana Afzal Hussain from Sheikhupura, ex-MNA from Bahawalpur. Usman Najib Owaisi, son of Najib Owaisi, Uzair Tariq and son of Maulvi Tariq from Rahim Yar Khan will also contest elections for National Assembly for the first time. Muslim League-N has issued tickets to six women for National Assembly and three for provincial assembly in Punjab. Among the women participating in the National Assembly elections are Maryam Nawaz Sharif from Lahore; Saira Afzal Tarar from Hafizabad; Syeda Nosheen Iftikhar from Sialkot; Syeda Shahr Bano Bukhari from Muzaffargarh; Dr Shazra Mansab Kharl from Nankana; Tahmina Dalutana from Vehari. The women contesting provincial assembly elections include Hamida Wahiduddin from Mandi Bahauddin, Nazia Raheel from Toba Tek Singh, Rashida Yaqoob from Jhang and Maryam Nawaz Sharif from Lahore.
