{"id":24789,"date":"2024-02-07T10:36:22","date_gmt":"2024-02-07T05:36:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/?p=24789"},"modified":"2024-02-07T10:56:38","modified_gmt":"2024-02-07T05:56:38","slug":"for-battle-of-supremacy-political-venues-where-superpowers-clash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/election-2024\/for-battle-of-supremacy-political-venues-where-superpowers-clash\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Power Corridors&#8221;: Political venues where Superpowers Clash"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After a fierce campaign, the last round of voting is only hours away, and the lines of battle have been drawn. It&#8217;s now time to make a decision. The general elections on Thursday (tomorrow) will see over 800 seats in national and provincial assemblies up for grabs.<\/p>\n<p>Nearly all of the party leaders and a number of prominent politicians are fighting for those seats in an attempt to win political glory. Let&#8217;s take a look at the arena of contention, which includes party bosses, past presidents, prime ministers, governors, and prominent party figures.<\/p>\n<p>NA-130, Lahore: Yasmin Rashid, from\u00a0 Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), is running against Nawaz Sharif, the Quaid of the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) and a former prime minister.<\/p>\n<p>NA-10, Buner: PTI Chairman Barrister Gohar Khan is running against Sher Akbar Khan of Jamaat-e-Islami (JI).<\/p>\n<p>NA-44, Dera Ismail Khan: Ali Amin Gandapur, backed by the PTI, and Faisal Karim Kundi, the former deputy speaker of the National Assembly for the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP), are involved in a three-way contest led by Maulana Fazlur Rahman, the head of Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F).<\/p>\n<p>PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto is up against PTI-backed Abbas Khokhar and PML-N&#8217;s Atta Tarar in NA-127, Lahore.<\/p>\n<p>NA 6, Lower Dir: JI Ameer Sirajul Haq is facing Bashir Khan, who is supported by the PTI.<\/p>\n<p>NA-264, Quetta: Mir Jamal Khan Raisani of the PPP is running against Akhtar Mengal, the leader of the Balochistan National Party-Mengal (BNP-M).<\/p>\n<p>NA-266 Kila Abdullah-cum-Chaman: Maulana Salahuddin of the JUI-F is running against Mahmood Khan Achakzai, the leader of the Pakhtunkhwa Milli Awami Party (PkMAP).<\/p>\n<p>NA-248, Karachi: Arsalan Khalid, sponsored by the PTI, is running against Dr. Khalid Maqbool Siddiqui, the convener of the Rabita Committee of the Muttanida Qaumi Movement (MQM).<\/p>\n<p>NA-24, Charsadda: PTI-backed Anwar Taj opposes Qaumi Watan Party (QWP) leader Aftab Sherpao.<\/p>\n<p>NA-149, Multan: PTI-backed Aamir Dogar squares off against Istehkam-e-Pakistan Party (IPP) patron Jahangir Tareen.<\/p>\n<p>Read More:\u00a0<strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/pakistan\/abrar-ul-haq-withdraws-from-election-2024.html\">Abrar ul Haq withdraws from Election 2024<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>NA-253 Ziarat-cum-Harnai-cum-Sibbi-cum- Kuhlu-cum-Dera Bugti: Mir Dostain Domki of the PML-N is up against Shahzain Bugti, the leader of the Jamhoori Watan Party (JWP).<\/p>\n<p>NA-33, Nowshera: PTI-Parliamentarian chief and former chief minister of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pervez Khattak, is running against independent Akhtar Wali Khan and PTI-backed Shah Wahid Ali Shah.<\/p>\n<p>NA-56, Rawalpindi: Hanif Abbasi of the PML-N is running against Sheikh Rasheed of the Awami Muslim League (AML).<\/p>\n<p>NA-207, Nawabshah: PTI-backed Sher Muhammad Baloch is running against PPP&#8217;s former president Asif Zardari.<\/p>\n<p>NA-123, Lahore: Afzal Azim, backed by the PTI, and Liaquat Baloch of the JI are the opponents of former prime minister Shahbaz Sharif of the PML-N.<\/p>\n<p>NA-48, Multan: Ahmed Hasan Dehar of the PML-N is up against PPP&#8217;s former prime minister Yousuf Raza Gilani.<\/p>\n<p>PML-N Chief Organizer Maryam Nawaz is running in NA-119, Lahore, against Shahzad Farooq, who is supported by the PTI.<\/p>\n<p>NA-118 Lahore: Alia Hamza, supported by the PTI, is running against former Punjab chief minister Hamza Shehbaz.<\/p>\n<p>NA-117 Lahore: Ali Ijaz Butar, supported by the PTI, is competing against IPP President Abdul Aleem Khan.<\/p>\n<p>NA-241, Karachi: Dr. Farooq Sattar of the MQM is running against Khurram Sher Zaman, who is supported by the PTI.<\/p>\n<p>Sialkot, NA-71: Khawaja Asif of the PML-N takes on PTI-backed Rehana Dar<\/p>\n<p>NA-19 Swabi: Khanzada Shahnawaz of the ANP opposes former Speaker of the National Assembly Asad Qaiser.<\/p>\n<p>Read More:<strong><em>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/pakistan\/elections-2024-tomorrow-is-election-day-in-pakistan.html\">Elections 2024: Tomorrow is Election Day in Pakistan<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>NA-54, Rawalpindi: Ghulam Sarwar Khan, the joint candidate of the PML-N and the IPP, is running against Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan, a former interior minister.<\/p>\n<p>NA-122, Lahore: PTI-backed former governor and former minister of railways Saad Rafiq of the PML-N is facing off against Sardar Latif Khosa.<\/p>\n<p>NA-246 Karachi: JI Karachi Ameer Hafiz Naeemur Rehman is running against former MQM minister Syed Aminul Haque.<\/p>\n<p>NA-100, Faisalabad: Samira Nisar Jat, sponsored by the PTI, is running against former interior minister Rana Sanaullah of the PML-N.<\/p>\n<p>NA-11, Shangla: PTI-backed Dr. Amjad is up against Engineer Amir Maqam of the PML-N.<\/p>\n<p>NA-18 Haripur: PML-N&#8217;s Babar Nawaz Khan takes on PTI secretary general Omar Ayub Khan.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After a fierce campaign, the last round of voting is only hours away, and the lines of battle have been drawn. It&#8217;s now time to make a decision. The general elections on Thursday (tomorrow) will see over 800 seats in national and provincial assemblies up for grabs. Nearly all of the party leaders and a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":24793,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11511,9,21,2,147],"tags":[9029,410,10362,8485,5764,2899,3865,11540,11541,255,11539],"class_list":["post-24789","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-election-2024","category-latest-news","category-news","category-pakistan","category-politics","tag-sirajul-haq","tag-bilawal-bhutto","tag-election-2024","tag-elections","tag-hanif-abbasi","tag-sheikh-rasheed","tag-yasmin-rashid","tag-abbas-khokhar","tag-jamal-khan-raisani","tag-nawaz-sharif","tag-superpowers"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24789","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24789"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24789\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24793"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24789"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24789"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24789"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}