Lahore: On the instructions of Chairman Imran Khan, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf has withdrawn the tickets of 21 constituencies and fielded new candidates.
Apart from this, nine more tickets have been issued for the constituencies on which the decision was pending. The latest list shows that the PTI has also fielded members of political and influential families or former MNAs and MPAs who were PML-N, PPP or PML-Q in the past. were together Former MNAs including Rana Nazir Ahmed and Moazzam Khan Jatoi have been given PTI tickets while former PPP MPA from Muzaffargarh, Ehsanul Haque Nolatia, has been given PTI ticket in 2002 and 2008. Similarly, former PTI MPA Arif Abbasi has been given ticket from Rawalpindi in 2013.
In the latest and revised list of PTI ticket holders, Rana Nazir Ahmed of Kamonki, Gujranwala is the most experienced politician to be fielded from PP-61. Rana Nazir served as MNA in 1985, 1988, 1990, 1997 and 2013. His son Umar Nazir has been MNA. Rana Nazir was once considered a close associate of PMLN supremo Nawaz Sharif and was among Nawaz’s five closest associates, known as Panch Pyare in political circles. Later he switched to PMLQ and rejoined PMLN in 2008. Before the 2018 general elections, his group joined the PTI but was defeated. This time he has been fielded for the provincial seat.
PTI ticket holder from PP 57 Ali Wakil is the nephew of former provincial minister late Rana Shamshad Ahmed Khan. Rana Shamshad was a member of the Punjab Assembly for different periods and was shot dead. His brother Rana Akhtar was elected MPA in the by-election and now Ali Vakil is contesting on PTI ticket. Ahsanul Haque Nolatia has been given ticket for PP 269 Muzaffargarh. He served as MPA of PPP in 2002 and 2008 but failed to return to PPP in 2013 and 2018.
Nadia Khar, who belongs to the Khar family of Muzaffargarh, has been given a PP 271 ticket. Although the Khar family represents various political parties, it includes prominent names in Pakistani politics, including former Punjab Governor Malik Ghulam Mustafa Khar, his brother Ghulam Rabbani Khar, his son Bilal Mustafa Khar and his niece Hina Rabbani Khar. Included. Other members of the Khar clan, including Jawad Kamran Khar, have served as MNAs, federal ministers and MPAs. Former PPP MNA in 2008 Moazzam Khan Jatoi, who later joined PTI and won the provincial seat in the July 2022 election, is again contesting this time from PPP 276.
It is noteworthy that most of the ticket holders from Punjab represent the Jat or Rajput clans. According to PTI Secretary General Asad Umar, PTI has issued tickets for 30 seats after review. In 21 constituencies, previous ticket holders have been replaced and there are 9 for which decisions were pending.
