The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has released the final lists of candidates for the National and provincial assembly seats in Lahore, with 266 names vying for 14 seats in the Lower House of parliament.
Following are the candidates in the race for all the NA seats from Lahore, as per the ECP list:
NA-117
As per the election commission, 20 candidates are contesting from this constituency:
Abdul Aleem Khan from the Istehkam-e-Pakistan Party
Asif Hashmi, PPP
Independent candidates Ali Ijaz Buttar on the symbol of a bowl, Akmal Bari on an iron and singer Abrarul Haq on the symbol of a guitar
Jahangir Ahmed of the Jamaat-e-Islami
NA-118
Among the 13 candidates in the race for this seat are:
Hamza Shehbaz Sharif, PML-N
Shahid Abbas, PPP-Parliamentarians
PTI leader Muhammad Khan Madni contesting as independent candidate on the election symbol of a sheep
Aliya Hamza Malik with the symbol of a dice
Muhammad Shoukat from the Jamaat-e-Islami
NA-119
There are 18 candidates vying for this seat:
PML-N leader Maryam Nawaz
PPP-P: Iftikhar Shahid
A host of independents, including Nadeem Sherwani on the symbol of cricket stump
NA-120
Moreover, among the 27 nominees in the running for this constituency:
Ayaz Sadiq of PML-N
Munir Ahmad of the PPP-P
NA-121
There are 15 candidates for this constituency, including:
PML-N Sheikh Rohale Asghar
Independent Wasim Qadir on the symbol of cricket stump
NA-122
There are 21 candidates in the race for this seat, including:
PML-N’s Khawaja Saad Rafiq
Independent candidates Azhar Siddique on the symbol of a medal and Latif Khosa the alphabet ‘K’
NA-123
There are 16 candidates in the race for this seat, including:
PML-N’s Shehbaz Sharif
Afzal Azim Pahat, an independent candidate, on the radio symbol
Jamaat-e-Islami’s Liaquat Baloch
PPP-P’s Muhammad Ziaul Haq
NA-124
From the 13 candidates in the race for this constituency are:
PML-N’s Rana Mubashir Iqbal
PTI’s Sardar Azimullah and Zameer Ahmed are in the field as independent candidates contesting on the symbols of watch and dolphin, respectively
NA-125
There are 19 contenders for this constituency, including:
PML-N’s Muhammad Afzal Khokhar
PPP-P’s Chaudhry Abdul Ghafoor Khan
PTI leader Jamil Asghar Bhatti as an independent candidate on the drum symbol
NA-126
There are 19 candidates contesting from this seat, including:
PML-N’s Saiful Mulook Khokhar
PPP-P’s Amjad Ali
Jamaat-Islami’s Ameerul Azim
And a host of independents
NA-127
For this seat of the National Assembly, there are 25 contenders, including:
PPP-P’s Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari
PML-N’s in Attaullah Tarar
PTI’s Shabbir Ahmed Gujjar as an independent candidate on the hookah symbol
JI’s Syed Ehsanullah Waqas
Huqooq-e-Khalq Party’s Muhammad Muzammil
NA-128
For this seat of the National Assembly, there are 22 candidates, including:
Istehkam-e-Pakistan Party’s Awn Chaudhry
PTI's Salman Akram Raja as an independent candidate on the racket symbol
MQM-Pakistan’s Agha Muhammad Ali Khan
PPP-P’s Adeel Ghulam Mohyuddin
JI’s Liaquat Baloch
NA-129
There are 19 candidates running for this seat, including:
PML-N’s Hafiz Nauman
PTI’s Mian Muhammad Azhar allotted the cricket stumps as an independent candidate
JI’s Ahmad Jamil Rashid
PPP-P’s Aurangzeb Shaafi Burki
NA-130
There are 18 candidates vying for this seat, including:
PML-N’s Nawaz Sharif
PTI leader Yasmin Rashid on the laptop symbol as an independent candidate
PPP-P’s Iqbal Ahmad Khan
MQM-P’s Samia Naz
JI’s Sufi Khalique Ahmad Butt
Punjab Assembly seats
Moreover, 813 candidates are contesting for the 30 seats of the Punjab Assembly from Lahore.
For PP-146, PML-N’s Ghazali Saleem Butt is in the race among 20 candidates; for PP-147, there are 24 candidates, including PML-N’s Hamza Shehbaz and PTI Leader Muhammad Khan Madni as an indepdent candidate on a ‘bed’ symbol.
For PP-148, the PML-N has fielded Mujtaba Shujaur Rehman against 15 other candidates, including the PTI’s Salman Abbas as an independent candidate on the ‘aircraft’ symbol.
The PP-149 constituency has 37 candidates in the race, including Istehkam-e-Pakistan Party President Abdul Aleem Khan, PTI’s Nadeem Sherwani and Zubair Niazi as independent candidates on ‘parrot’ and parachute symbols.
For PP-168, PTI’s Nadeem Abbas Bara has been allotted the ‘cricket stumps’ symbol, for PP-169 Mian Mahmoodur Rasheed has got the ‘racket’ symbol, for PP-171 former Punjab minister Mian Aslam Iqbal has been allotted the ‘aircraft’ symbol as an independent candidate, Azam Khan Niazi given a ‘brick’ symbol and Bajash Niazi ‘cricket stumps’ for PP-172 and Dr Yasmin Rashid allotted the ‘coin’ symbol for PP-173.