MUZAFFARABAD (Kashmir English): A total of 204 candidates have submitted applications for the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) tickets to contest election from a total of 45 constituencies in Azad Kashmir and for refugee seats.
According to details, 22 applications were received from 4 constituencies of Mirpur, 11 from 3 constituencies of Bhimber, 56 from 6 constituencies of Kotli, 31 from 5 constituencies of Poonch, 2 from 2 constituencies of Haveli, 4 from 2 constituencies of Sudhanoti, 23 from 5 constituencies of Muzaffarabad, 9 from 2 constituencies of Jhelum Valley, while 17 applications were received from 12 constituencies for refugees.
No party candidate applied for a ticket against Shah Ghulam Qadir from Upper Neelum, Chaudhry Tariq Farooq from City Bhimber, Mohsin Aziz from Haveli-I, Irfan Alam from Haveli-II, Raja Muhammad Siddique Khan from Jammu 6, Muhammad Naeem Khan from Valley-I, Shaukat Ali Shah from Valley-III, and Ahmed Raza Qadri from Valley 5.
PML-N tickets contenders
According to the available record, Chaudhry Sajid Nazir, Shoaib Abid, Muhammad Junaid, Raja Babar, Chaudhry Masood Khalid, Muhammad Zahir and Ali Zaman Advocate have applied from LA-1 Dadyal; Azeem Bakhsh Chaudhry, Muhammad Nazir, Chaudhry Abdul Malik Colonel (R) Muhammad Maroof, Mehboob Asghar, Irshad Idris from LA-2 Chakswari; Shakeel Tahir, Tasleem Arif Khawaja Sajid Mahmood, Chaudhry Muhammad Saeed, Ejaz Raza, Raja Naseeb Thakur, Javed Qadir, Chaudhry Rukhsar Ahmed, Ms. Aavina Rukhsar from Mirpur City; Laiq Mahmood Aamir, Waqar Ahmed Noor from Barnala constituency of Bhimber; Zafar Iqbal, Raja Maqsood Khan, Ghulam Rabbani, Major (R) Khizar-ur-Rehman Raja, Amjad Pervez Ali Khan, Muhammad Razzaq Chaudhry, Razzaq Ahmed Kashmiri, Chaudhry Javed Iqbal Advocate from LA-6 Samahni; Chaudhry Tariq Farooq from LA-7 Barnala City Bhimber; Zulfiqar Ali, Shah Nawaz Malik, Abdul Waheed Raza Advocate, Muhammad Siddique from LA-8 Raj Mahal Kotli; and Umair Naeem, Shaheen Nawaz from LA-9 Nikyal.
Similarly, Malik Muhammad Nawaz Khan, Muhammad Hanif Malik Shahzad Ahmed Arain, Fateh Mahmood-ul-Hassan, Shakeel Mahmood, Zubair Kiyani, Fayyaz Akram, Muhammad Farooq, Sardar Arsalan Shabbir, Chaudhry Nasir Kamal Yusuf have applied for the PML-N ticket from Kotli City; Raja Abid, Raja Ayub, Raja Nadeem Advocate, Raja Talib Khan, Muhammad Zubair, Zakir Kiyani, Mumtaz Khan, Rashid Khan, Babar Hussain, Tahir Mahmood Bismil Advocate, Muhammad Sajid, Sardar Shaukat Ali Khan Advocate, Dr. Waseeq, Brigadier (R) Liaqat Ali Khan, Saeedullah Khan, Raja Saqib Ali Khalid, Raja Iftikhar Khan, Idris Hayat, Muhammad Asif, Raja Ghazanfar Ali, Raja Azhar Muhammad Razzaq, Amirullah Khan, Ali Asghar Khan, Asim Daleer, Mirza Matloob Jarral, Ms. Sobia Basit from LA-11 Sehnsa; Muhammad Shafiq, Naeem Munsif Khan, Raja Riyasat, Raja Yaseen, Tauqeer Raja, Aziz Ahmed Khan, Kamran-ul-Haq, Tariq Mahmood, Raja Abid Ayub from LA-12 Charhoi; Raja Ayaz Ahmed, Shadab Sikandar, Aqeel Ahmed Raja, Muhammad Mahfooz, Muhammad Naseer from LA-13 Khoi Ratta; Raja Iftikhar Ayub, Raja Faisal Azad Raja, Abid Ali Abid from LA-14 District Bagh Dheer Kot; Raja Yaseen Khan, Brigadier (R) Muhammad Khan, Mushtaq Ahmed Minhas, Sher Ayaz Khan Raja, Nisar Ahmed Khan, Muhammad Saeed Inqilabi from LA-15 Central Bagh; Shahid Aftab Chughtai, Ejaz Ahmed, Sardar Mir Akbar Khan, Sardar Murad Anwar Advocate, Pervez Chughtai from LA-16 Eastern Bagh; Chaudhry Mohsin Aziz from LA-17 Haveli-1; Muhammad Irfan Alam from Haveli-2; Usama Bin Zahid, Chaudhry Muhammad Siddique, Chaudhry Yaseen Gulshan, Kamran Aziz, Raja Sher Afgan Khan, Abrar Aziz, Mian Muhammad Haleem, Zafar Iqbal Kiyani, Sardar Faisal Mahmood, Muhammad Shahzad, Sardar Manzar Bashir Advocate from LA-18 Abbaspur; Maqbool Hussain Awan, Malik Shakeel Awan Advocate, Sardar Aamir Altaf, Sardar Tariq Mahmood from LA-19 Hajeera; Abdul Rasheed Khan, Malik Kaleem Awan, Sardar Farhan Bin Azam, Naveed Sadiq, Sardar Junaid Bahadur Khan from LA-20 Khai Gala; Ejaz Yusuf, Sardar Tahir Anwar Khan from LA-21 Rawalakot City; Sardar Altaf, Javed Sharif Advocate, Sajid Yaqoob, Danish Riyaz, Sardar Riyaz Roshan, Qamar Jahangir Khan, Sardar Tauseef Aziz, Sardar Abdul Jabbar Khan, Sardar Abdul Khaliq Wasi from LA-22 Thorar; Dr. Muhammad Najeeb Naqi Khan, Yasir Mansha from LA-23 Palandri; Sardar Farooq Tahir, Malik Pervez Akhtar Awan from LA-24 Baloch; Shah Ghulam Qadir from LA-25 Upper Neelum; Shah Ghulam Qadir, Raja Muhammad Bashir Khan, Raja Fatehullah Khan, Sirajuddin Samar, Zia-ur-Rehman from LA-26 Lower Neelum; Faraz Arif, Noreen Arif, Syed Iftikhar Hussain Shah from LA-27 Kotla Muzaffarabad; Murtaza Geelani, Tariq Abdullah Dar, Ejaz Mughal, Raja Abdul Basit, Raja Imdad Ali Tariq, Syed Ghazanfar Ali, Syed Sarfaraz Geelani from LA-28 Lachhrat; Syed Iftikhar Ali Geelani, Khawaja Shahid Mahmood Wani, Ayaz Ahmed Malik from LA-29 Muzaffarabad City; and Raja Muhammad Fareed Khan, Engineer Rafaqat Hussain Awan, Dr. Mustafa Bashir Abbasi from LA-30 Hattian Dupatta.
Furthermore, Shafqat Ali Chaudhry, Saqib Majeed Raja, Tariq Bashir, Raja Ibrar Hussain Khan, Raja Abdul Qayyum Khan, Shaukat Iqbal Raja, Qaiser Majeed Khan applied from LA-31 Khawra Muzaffarabad.
LA-32 Jhelum Valley: Arbab Tariq Mir, Raja Muhammad Farooq Haider Khan.
LA-33 Leepa: Syed Mukhtar Gilani, Umair Aftab Kiyani, Fareed Khan, Engineer Rafaqat Hussain Awan, Liaqat Ali Khan, Raja Muhammad Farooq Haider Khan, Mudassir Shams Awan Advocate.
LA-34 Jammu 1: Bilal Mukhtar Butt, Mirza Abdul Rasheed Jarral Advocate, Sajid Azeem Mirza, Nasir Hussain Dar, Muhammad Basharat Khan, Raja Muhammad Muneeb Thakur.
LA-35 Jammu 2: Chaudhry Muhammad Ismail.
LA 36 Jammu 3: Muhammad Ahsan Raza, Muhammad Ishaq.
LA 37 Jammu 4: Ali Hameed, Akmal Sargala, Sarwar Arzoo, Mian Muhammad Usman Rasheed, Nasir Jamal Gorsi Advocate, Muhammad Akram.
LA 38 Jammu 5: Zeeshan Ali.
LA 39 Jammu 6: Raja Muhammad Siddique.
LA 40 Valley 1: Muhammad Naeem Khan.
LA 41 Valley 2: Khawaja Muhammad Ayub, Muhammad Atif Mir, Qamar Iqbal Dar, Muhammad Yaqoob.
LA 42 Valley 3: Syed Shaukat Ali Shah.
LA 43 Valley 4: Muhammad Yaseen Lone, Abdul Hameed Lone.
LA-44 Valley 5: Ahmed Raza Qadri have submitted application to the parliamentary board for PML-N ticket.
It is clear that as the election approaches, many political leaders will change their political loyalties, and in some constituencies, new people will join PML-N.
