Bilawal, Imran, Shehbaz to contest elections from multiple constituencies

ISLAMABAD: The heads of three leading political parties – Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N), Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) and Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) – have announced that they will contest the upcoming general elections from multiple constituencies.

Chairman Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf Imran Khan reportedly would contest elections from NA-26 Bannu, NA-61 Rawalpindi (Chakwal District), NA-95 Mianwali (Gujranwala District), NA-131 Lahore (Sheikhupura District) and NA-243 Karachi.

Similarly, chairman PPP Bilawal Bhutto is planning to contest the general elections from NA-35 Malakand in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Karachi and Larkana.

Former President Asif Ali  Zardari will most likely contest for a National Assembly (NA) seat from Benazirabad Nawabshah. Zardari would be contesting elections for the National Assembly after 25 years.

President of PML-N Shahbaz Sharif will contest from Lahore but is reportedly also planning to contest the general elections from NA-192 in Dera Ghazi Khan.

Meanwhile, the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has so far registered 105,955,407 voters including 59,224,262 males and 46,731,145 females for upcoming general elections scheduled to be held on July 25.

According to the ECP’s official data, there are as many as 4,299,494 registered voters in Balochistan including 2,486,230 male and 1,813,264 female.

In Punjab the number of voters is 60,672,868 including, 33,679,992 male and 26,992,876 female.

While, in Sindh total voters are 22,391,244. After the merger of Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) with Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, total voters in the area are 17,826,453 including 10,213,733 male and 7612,720 female.