Jawad Ahmed

KARACHI: The stage is set for the 2018 general elections scheduled on July 25 as the country looks forward to rare second democratic transition in its 71-year history marred by military coups.  With the polls less than a month away, electioneering is gathering momentum as election candidates square off for the electoral battle to secure a position in the hallowed halls of the country’s legislatures. This time, election fever has gripped Pakistani celebrities too. Among over 11, 000 candidates in the run for national…

LAHORE: Nomination papers of Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz (PML-N) president Shehbaz Sharif for NA-132 and NA-192 constituencies of the National Assembly were accepted on Tuesday.  A Returning Officer in Lahore also approved the papers filed by his son Hamza Shehbaz and famed singer Jawad Ahmed to contest the July 25 polls from NA-132. Nomination forms of veteran politician Javed Hashmi for NA-155 constituency were also approved. Nomination papers filed by Maulana Fazl-ur-Rehman, who heads his own faction of Jamiat…